split second.

Have you ever thought about how fragile life is? I have, that’s for sure.

It’s incredible how much credit we give ourselves. We don’t do anything stupid. We think we’re strong and almost, in a sense, untouchable. We don’t ever really think that we are going to be that story on King 5 News. That’s just a sad story that happened to an unlucky soul. But the truth is that we are all very weak. We can’t control many variables in life.

When you think about the biology of our bodies, it’s astonishing. It’s amazing how our bodies work – everything functioning without us telling it to. But really at the root of it all, we’re just bones, blood and cells. So easily broken. There are 864,000 seconds in a day. (Yep, I took out my calculator for that one.) Any one of those moments could drastically change our lives. Car accidents are split second; the majority of them ending in life long problems.

There are an unsettling amount of horrific things that can change our lives, I’m sure you can think of a few. The possible sadness in the world can be overwhelming at times. I am so thankful that my family and I have all been blessed with good health. I think it’s safe to assume that most people go through their days not really giving their health a second thought.

If you have ever been really sick or broken (or even fractured) a bone. You realize how much you love and take for granted your heath. You don’t notice how much you enjoy swallowing without pain until you have an awfully sore throat. Or how much you use your pinkie finger until you break it. We then wish we would have appreciated our throat and pinkies.

I felt like writing this post because this is something that I think of a lot. The fragility of life. I’m not sure if it crosses my mind more often that it does most other people. But it is a frequent thought to me. When driving, I regularly think about how easy it would be for one of the on-coming cars to cross the line and shatter my family’s life. It would be so easy… I am so thankful that nothing like this has happened to my family.
It’s just another thing to add to the list of blessings God has given me.