People often says “Good man go to heaven early”. When I
received that comment, my silly comment was “Are we that bad?”. Just to get reply
“Do you want to go to heaven early?”.
It is a confusing statement that I do not buy actually. This
is what I buy, I recall my priest once said “There is tomorrow because there
are things that you can change and you should do in your life”.
We might never understand when will be the right time to
death, especially when it is about the person you care about. But we know that
we have our homework to do until the day we are ready to go to our eternal
place.
This morning, I received a news of my ex-colleague passed
away, alone in his room and it seems, he was gone hours before. He had heart
attack. He was a good man if not a great one.
We were not super close in the past, but last time we met is
when he lend me his time, his brain and his patience to teach me in preparation
of my new job. It was supposed to be a tutor class with a fee, but he never
accept it, he said “it had been paid off with a good chat and listened on how
we inspired each other”. He was such a good friend, good listener, and good
inspiration.
If rumors is right, one of the reason of the passing is the
stress level at work. It should remind us that a job is just a job. It doesn’t
define who we are and our life should be.
I am blessed to ever known him, and I am sure that this
quote will apply to him and many of us “For to me to live is Christ,
and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). You finished the race my friend and from what I saw, I felt, I
believed and I heard, you have finished it well.
Au revoir.
Your friend.
