We don't have as much time as we think

Photo by Ester Marie Doysabas

I was supposed to meet my colleague for a cup of coffee. But she died before I could.

When I returned to the company, she had called out - while hurrying to a work assignment - "Liz, we need to meet!"

After all, we've not seen each other in years. 

"Yes we should! I yelled back.

I thought we had time. But we didn't.

A few weeks after that encounter, I was attending her wake. As I watched crestfallen colleagues walk past her coffin, I thought to myself: How many thing...