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A life and death theory
A 17-year-old teenager travelling at high speed loses control of his vehicle. It careers off the side of the road and rolls seven times before coming to rest on it's side. Out of the crushed vehicle crawls the driver with a small 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 a few minutes later, he finds her slumped over, dead. The autopsy revealed she died of natural causes.
By now you are probably wondering what these survival/death stories are all about. They are being presented to you as a theory.
The theory states that at the moment of conception, each soon to be life is assigned a specifed amount of time to be here on earth. Nothing else explains why some people live to more than 100 years and others die at an early age.
Scientists and medical specialists point to statistics saying that so many out of one 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 in mid-stride.
What do you think? Was your time here set when you were conceived?
If it was, work hard on fulfilling your goals and dreams as quickly as you can. "Why?" Because tomorrow, you will be one day closer to not being here and you can never get that time back. Every minute is precious. Don't waste a second of it!
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