When are you going to die? A sarcastic question, but important!

Last night after my live-in partner and I went to Glorietta (a famous mall in Manila, Philippines) to meet my father, we went to a clinic because my wife wasn’t feeling that well – since morning, actually. After some tests, the doctor said it’s possible that my wife has a diabetes. The doctor said he will still conduct another test the next morning to further justify his conclusion. Though I question the procedure that the doctor performed.

Anyway, the doctor gave a prescription for my wife’s muscle pain and viral infection. So we drove to the nearby drugstore and I bought the medicines. When I got back in our car my wife is crying. She is crying because of the end results of people having diabetes. Well, it is indeed a painful, hard, and deadly disease. So, she was crying because she think she’s going to die, and that made me cry too because I feel that pain of being away with her forever.

When we were home, and about to sleep, her temperature rose so high that I decided to bring her to the hospital for a “second opinion”. After hours of agony, waiting for the result, we later found out that she only has a Flu and there is no sign of diabetes (for now). What a relief!! We felt happy of course, knowing that it’s not diabetes. Though she has a tendency (and so do I), but at least it’s not yet there. Meaning, there’s still a big chance to prevent it.

Now, what is the moral of the story? We never know when we’ll die. All the while we thought that it’s the start of her agony towards the inevitable. Since we don’t know when we will die, it’s very important to work smarter for the future (not just for retirement, but also in case someone gets sick or dies, it will entail a lot of money) and at the same time to cherish every moment possible with your loved ones.

So, while we still can… Work smart for money for your future and for unforeseen events (like the false alarm that we just experienced) and cherish every moment with your loved ones. This experience made me realize that we do need to have lot’s and lot’s of money, have a proper eating diet; exercise; and sleep, and be with my loved ones.