-- Posted by Hexer at 3:08 pm on Mar. 19, 2008 This morning I heard that a friend of mine from my old school had died. Like it happens... Your at school then you and all your friends move onto university and you loose touch with some of them. Today was supposed to be our awards evening, a time of celebration. No one felt like celebrating. It was like a memorial. I had tried to just forget it, even when posting about my awards evening*, I tried to kid myself that he had not died. Alas, this evening made it all too real. I hadn't really seen him since school, but it is a harsh reality. Even when at 18, the prime of your life, moving onto university - life can get taken from you. Even those of us who didn't know him too well... It hit us all.   I cannot imagine how his parents must feel. They think they've brought up a good kid, he moves onto uni, then this happens... Added to my severe dislike of awards evenings (http://www.golivewire.com/forums/peer-psysnb-support-a.html) it didn't make it a good day.   BUT, the icing on the very CAKE that IS the 19th of March, my girlfriend went through a rough time today. She is hurt physically and mentally. It all stacks up. My 19th birthday was Monday of this week. I just feel old now... I could use a pick-me-up -- Posted by ImSoHappy at 3:34 pm on Mar. 19, 2008 I'm sorry to hear that dude, i hope this isn't too inappropriate and i apologize if it is, but do you know how he died? As for the pick-me-up, every morning when i wake up i like to think about 5 things that i am grateful for in my life, roof over my head, food, loving family, it can do wonders, try it. -- Posted by Hexer at 3:47 pm on Mar. 19, 2008 Quote: from ImSoHappy at 10:34 pm on Mar. 19, 2008 I'm sorry to hear that dude, i hope this isn't too inappropriate and i apologize if it is, but do you know how he died? : As far as I know it was a virus. Somehow affected his heart. Think it was indirect. Virus >> condition >> heart. -- Posted by CraziJ at 6:43 pm on Mar. 19, 2008 oh jeez...  that sounds harsh. hey, but life happens.  all we can do is move on really.  it may seem unfair, it may seem like it's made all out for you, but in the end, the world keeps turning.  the best part of life is just ahead of you though and to get there, ya gotta get older.  everything comes in time.  unfortunately, your friend's time came too early.  as bad as you may feel, it would've probably been in your friend's best interest to do your best and be strong and move on. whatever you do with this, i hope you feel better.   -- Posted by ImSoHappy at 1:44 am on Mar. 20, 2008 CraziJ's right, the best thing to do is to move on, of course you must take time to grieve, everyone does, but during this period keep in mind that it won't hurt forever and life goes on. One of the things i like to keep in mind is "Don't go through life, grow through life." -- Posted by Periwinkle at 3:09 pm on Mar. 20, 2008 And I thought I was having a bad day...*hug* I think that really the only thing you can do is to take this and learn from it. You've had the truth of life slammed home the hard way: now's the time to learn from that. See what you can gain and then move on. You don't have to let it drag you down. And as for awards ceremonies...I don't know what I can say about those that will cheer you up. I hate them too. And happy birthday, I guess. -- Posted by Hexer at 5:00 am on Mar. 22, 2008 It was nice to hear from you all. Thanks :) It is the weekend now, and I guess I'm feeling a little better, Cheers, Xx