Tom Bombadil

I've known a number of people whose lives changed in an instant. It's something that I think about now & then, usually to motivate myself to do the things I really want to do in my life, at the first opportunity I have to do them.

I know a person who went out for a gallon of milk, stopped at a stop sign, got rear-ended by a teenager driving a pizza delivery car, and who has never walked the same since (over 15 years now). There are so many accidents every day that seriously injure people ... nearly all of them being "in an instant" moments.

Health can be a fragile thing.

I will add that my wife's 96 yo grandmother suffered a stroke last year that nearly killed her. For days she didn't know anyone and couldn't speak. She has since made about a 90-95% recovery. Remarkable.