NOW not LATER

Never hesitate to say how much you value your loved ones because you will never know when will be the last time you will be able to see them, touch them, hug them or kiss them.

It was yesterday, November 14, 2013 that I was going to office. Riding a northbound bus on EDSA, I sit there when suddenly, people started to murmur and I heard others saying “Anong nangyari sa kabilang lane? Bakit ang traffic at and daming pulis?” (What happened on the other lane, why is it traffic and there were dispersed policemen?) Due to curiosity, as I was sitting near the window, I peeked and there I saw bodies on the other lane along EDSA-Magallanes. I did not just bodies… It was corpses and I can’t help myself to be sad, seeing an accident like that and personally seeing the dead bodies of the casualties. I went to the office, unsure of the real reason behind the accident.

It was only this morning that I have read the whole story of the accident.

            “Makati City Police chief Col. Manuel Lucban Jr. said an Elena Liner Bus (TXN 191) rear-ended an MGP Trans bus (NXV 350) and hit several people at the loading bay of EDSA-Magallanes southbound lane.”- ABSCBN News Online

Then it hit me, when it is your time, you will die. The people who died in the accident are just mere commuters waiting at the loading area. They are just waiting for a bus to ride.. They are just standing there innocently. Maybe they will be going to work, meet a friend, or do some other errands. They don’t know that it was the day of their deaths. What saddens me the most is that on accidents like those wherein you have no idea when you are going to die, is that you were not able to say your good byes, your deepest thank yous and your sweetest I love yous. 

Then I thought to myself, I am not showing the people I love how much I love them because all I think is that I still have time. That I can show them my feelings some other time. But because of that accident, it awakened me. It made me realize that I don’t know how much time I still have on earth and I don’t know how much time left my loved ones have either. So why do I need to procrastinate in showing how much I love them, how much I care for them and how much I value them. The time for deeds in NOW because we don’t know if we still have LATER.