Its

hard to hear of death. Even if you were not close to the person, the fact that just a little while ago you were talking, smiling, and laughing with them, its.... stunning. its hard to know how to respond, how to console the family. "give them time" some say, "go comfort them" say others. "they need to be left alone" or "the more people they are with, the better". i don't know at this point, but i do know that life does not last forever. What we choose to do with the time given to us does matter, so let us not be wasteful.