23/01/2025
All things pass away
While out walking on a cold winter’s night, a man wearing a hat approached me. He didn’t look well but seemed pleased to see me.
“How are you?” he asked. It then dawned on me who he was. The last time we had met was six months earlier, when he had been in great form. He had been spending a lot of time at his Spanish villa and also in Paris, where he had an apartment.
He was so happy and so healthy then. It was hard to believe that this frail man was the same person. Recently, he had been treated for a brain tum-our and now was recovering. He wanted to talk, so we went to my home which was nearby.
It seemed to me that evening that much of his old spark was still there and he himself said how lucky he was to have a second chance at life.
However, a short time after that, he died. Material possessions, of which my friend had many, are tiny when compared to health.
Sometimes, it takes a small illness to realize this and make you adjust your priorities. Sometimes, with a serious illness, it is too late.