I suppose it happens sooner or later to (almost) everyone. However, since the news broke about Heath Ledger's death, this topic seems to be on my brain all the time. He was only 28 - just a few years older than me.
Of course, me being a Christian it shouldn't be that big of a deal. I know for a fact that I'll be going to Heaven after I die so I shouldn't be disturbed. But I am. Being 24, I like to think that I still have a ways to go before I pass on, but reading about these deaths at young ages, it makes me realize that I could go at any time. I could get hit by a car or I could die in a traffic accident, but my mind seems to think that I'm somewhat invincible right now.
Funny how minds do that, hmm? I suppose it's our selfishness that seems to think that this is our world and everybody else just lives in it. We read about death every single day in the paper and we hear about death every single day when we watch the news but still we think that "couldn't possibly happen to me." And yet, it can.
Me, I'm glad that this story had affected me deeply. It made me realize that I've become desensitized to the death and destruction that we see and read every single day and I don't want that anymore. It's horrible!