I had the strangest dream...

It's so weird how the mind creates scenarios while we sleep...I had one of the strangest most significant dream I think I've ever had in my life:

I was in a car with 3 other people, I was in the passenger seat, and I suddenly get out to say goodbye to my grandfather (who passed away a few years ago). I don't even know where I was going or why I was saying goodbye to my grandfather, but as we hugged tears would come out of his eyes. I turn to go back to the car only to realize that they've been hit by an oncoming car and the only side that was destroyed was the passenger seat, my seat. Everyone else got out unhurt. It's as if my grandfather saved me from being in that accident.

When I woke up I immediately searched Google for dream interpretations, and this is what I found:

INTERPRETATION: "To dream that you nearly escape from the impact of an automobile, denotes that you will successfully overcome any rivalry."

Life is Fragile

Last night at work I approached a man sitting quietly alone at his table waiting to order his dinner, he was a foreign man from Japan visiting the U.S. All night I wondered what this man was doing by himself, a blank look on his face but didn't seem sad, just blank. He quietly finished his meal as he befriended a couple sitting next to him. The woman was nearly in tears, as she and her husband offered to pay for the Japanese man's meal.

When the man left I discovered that he is dying of cancer and has limited time to live. He came to the U.S. as his last vacation to fulfill his dream to watch a baseball game live in a stadium and to explore America. This brought chills down my spine, just putting myself in this man's shoes, knowing I will die anytime soon.

Why did I decide to share this? Because many of us take our lives for granted, instead of appreciating each day we are alive. This is exactly why I live each day as if I will not be here tomorrow. You never know.