Today was an emotional day.

Gabriel Goh from my school passed away due to an accident. Although I don't know him and I only know him as the guy in charge of my group in the water rafting during Sec 2 camp, I hope he's happy up there with God. God will take care of him. Heaven's a happy place.

This incident made me realise how life can be so fragile. Break it, lose it, it's over. After half an hour in the chapel, I had loads of questions in my head. Why is God acting so unjust in this? Gabriel had like everything. He was a student leader, a good Scout and a model student. His future was already pathed out for him. But God had to take him away, just like that, in a blink of an eye.
I asked Mr Er what I was thinking. He told me some answers but the one that strucked me the most was, "The length of life is not important, it is the quality of life that matters." Then I thought, Gabriel had a very fulfilling life. Even if he passed away, at least he accomplished something that most didn't.
I thought of some peers who think "life's an ass. i wanna die." ALL THE TIME. I mean, at least they're alive to rectify what they regret. But they choose not to. Why do they not see that their life is precious?
Some even waste their life away by doing stupid things. Life is short, live life to the fullest are lines you normally hear. Have it ever occured to you that these lines are so true? We live to accomplish. Only then we pass away with peace in our heart. Why do these people not see they have the chance and potential to do things they never though they would do? Why do they just wanna waste life away being a a total slacker and leaving fate to decide their life?
Let me tell you something. YOU DECIDE YOUR LIFE. Fate plays no role in this. YOU are the cause of your own fortune. YOU can also be the cause of your own downfall. It's no one's fault if you ever land in prison for doing some misdeed. If you didn't make that decision to do it, you wouldn't be where you are now.
Now all I want is for people to learn something from this incident. I did. I wish some people would realise they are not nothing. The reason they are in this life is to accomplish something. I leave you now.

Rest in peace, Gabriel. You would always be in our hearts and prayer.