Just when I was getting into the daily routines of work, eat, sleep . . . something happened 2 weeks ago and hit the pause button on my life. As sad and troubling the experience was for me, my friends, and those around us . . . I treasured it for giving me perspective on life and especially work. How important is getting those extra engineering resources to build a particular feature versus treasuring life itself, chasing a not a objective but a dream, reaching out to a friend, and holding on to everything that made us who we were . . . ? When everything could end so quickly, the “deferred life plan” doesnt seem so attractive, thoughtful, or “strategic”. How important is the future, when we can loose our past so quickly and easily.

Things change . . . and it changed for the worst for sure but with opportunity for the better . .. and perhaps that trade-off is worth the suffering and pain to get there. So in the end, I want to wish my friend (you know who you are) my support, love, and . . . really. . . my thanks. . . I will always be there for you and lets try to make it a turning point for the both of us . . .