"live, like it's heaven on earth."

tokyo sunrise | circa 2011.

a couple of days ago, i managed to watch the evening news on telly at home and it was highlighting the death of a young lady who looked really familiar.

i went on facebook and found out that she was a friend's ex and they remained really good friends up til that day.

she was only 24, an elite hockey player with her whole life ahead of her.

i went to this friend's page and like the rest of his friends, decided to drop him a message to let him know that i am so sorry to hear about the news and to hang in there.

i spent like an hour just staring at the blinking cursor, backspacing and typing, trying to string words that would comfort him, letting him know that my cyber *hug* can be exchanged for a real one when i see him.

i'm guessing though at this point in time, no words (or cyberhugs) can justify the pain of losing someone so close.

rest in peace lizzie, i'm sorry i never had the chance to meet you.

and L, *hugs*

x

i found a poem/quote/whatever that i really, really like that i think it's extremely tattoo worthy, a physical and permanent reminder to live everyday like it's your last day:

dance like nobody's watching,

love like you've never been hurt,

sing like nobody's listening,

live, like it's heaven on earth.

- mark twain.

this weekend, live, like it's heaven on earth.

x x