A life and death theory

A 17 year old teenager travelling at high speed loses control of his car, rolls seven times before he crawls out the crushed vehicle with a scratch on his forehead.

A healthy six month old baby boy lies down for an afternoon nap and never wakes up. Cause of death? Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Doctors don't know how it happens, but it occurs often enough for it to have a name.

Two male occupants in a private plane running low on fuel, attempt a night landing at a small grass airstrip on the outskirts of a prairie town. In the dark, they don't see the power line at the end of the airstrip. The wheels of the plane catch the top wire of the power line, flipping the plane nose first into the ground. The impact buries the nose of the plane into the ground and thrusts the engine into the cabin between the two occupants. They walk into town with minor cuts and bruises.

A healthy 27 year old woman accompanies her husband to a friend's funeral. At the service she becomes quite emotional and they leave. When she gets home, she sits down on a pile of pillows in front of a newly lighted fireplace. Her husband goes into the kitchen to make her a cup of tea. On his return moments later, she sits slumped over, dead. The autopsy revealed she died of natural causes.

What are these survival/death stories all about? They are being presented to you as a life and death theory.

The theory states that at the moment of conception, each soon to be life is assigned a specified amount of time to be here on earth. Nothing else explains why some people live to be more than 100 and others die at an early age.

Scientists and medical specialists quote statistics saying that x number per thousand people will catch a disease, have an accident, be murdered, or suffer some other deadly fate.

They may be right. But they still can't explain why a hard-working male who smoked and drank too much, lived to 104. Or why the heart of a healthy 28 year old runner exploded mid-stride.

What do you think of a life and death theory such as this? Was your time here set when you were conceived?

If so, work hard on fulfilling your goals and dreams. "Why?" Because tomorrow you'll be one day closer to not being here. Every minute is precious; don't waste a second of it.