Fragile Life

"That's the thing about life; it is fragile" - Holly Butcher

I came across an Upworth message from a 27-year old who died of cancer, Holly Butcher. This is what I learned:

1. Life is too precious and too short to be spent doing things that don't make you happy; too short and fragile to be taken for granted. 
2. Often we find ourselves living a life that is not ours; a life led by other people's choices and judgments. Often, we forget that this life is meant for us to decide which path we want to take.
3. The world we live in has become full of hatred and materialism which makes us forget what we came here for in the first place. 
4. Life is not supposed to be spent behind a camera, not be lived only for the sake of social media content. 
5. Family and friends will never abandon you; they're not supposed to. Real ones won't!
6. Everything about our time here is unpredictable and inconstant. We never know when death will knock on our doors. 
7. Spending hours regretting and hurting for mistakes and people that don't care is not worth our time. Time is too precious for that!
8. Gifts are not supposed to be about how much money you spent on them, but rather how much effort and thought you put into them. 
9. We could plan and plan all we want, but life can tear those plans apart and turn them into ashes in a matter of seconds. 
10. Stop thinking about what happened and will happen. Live today for today! (THIS IS SOMETHING I NEED TO REPEAT TO MYSELF EVERY DAY)
11. Do what you love, and love what you do, for there is no other way!
12. Find what makes you happy and be IT; breathe IT. 

Holly would have wanted to realize this and so much more before she had no choice. It makes me sad that she wanted to grow old and have kids but she couldn't. It makes me bittersweet and grateful that despite all her unmeasurable pain and suffering she took the time to let us, strangers, know the importance of living life the right way and see all she never did before she had no choice. Her words I'll cherish forever; her lessons are ones I'll try my best to always remember.

I hope she rests in peace.


Link to the article written by Holly before she died:
https://www.upworthy.com/life-advice-from-cancer-victim