If you search 'life' on dictionary.com, 12 definitions are generated for you. However, none of them mentioned what life really is. True, it is a quality that distinguishes you from the inanimate, but who can actually really define what LIFE is or what makes it worthwhile?

Ever go to sleep feeling afraid that you'll never wake up again? Ever feel like your life could just be ripped from you at any moment at any place? Would you regret things you did, or be proud of things you've done?

I bet everyone has heard about Hezrill Remmy Ng. Even though I didn't know him before, I wonder what he would he have done if he knew his life was going to end that day. The fact is, everyday a person looks left and right twice before he crosses the road or stopped at the traffic light when it turned red, that person most probably saved his own life. Or even little things like deciding not to go out one night or leaving for school a little earlier than usual... We don't know what could've happened if we weren't a little less cautious.

Like, Hezrill's best friend who just happened to leave the pondok practically seconds before it got striked. What if the rest of them had done the same? They would not be in the situation they are in now, but who could have known that?

So life may not be perfect, but at least we're alive. Life is precious. We may be too young to really appreciate it now, but you, the person reading this, try to make a difference in your life. Make today mean something special not just for you, but for others as well, be it your neighbour or your closest friend.

For all those of you who are hating life because of various reasons, don't do something stupid like taking your own life for that is the worst thing you could ever do to the people who love and care for you. As William James once said, believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

So, believe.

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