Young students in high school often do not think about death. Although our lives may be just beginning, our endings could be just around the corner.
With the unfortunate disappearance of Dayne Ortiz, a Farrington High School senior who was swept away in rough seas off Mokuleia, the thought of death and tragedy has befallen many high school students across the state of Hawaii. The search for him ended after two days of continuous searching. This reminds us all of the presence of the hand of death and how it can fall upon These experiences are the type that allow you to think different on life. When you try to cross the street and you almost get hit by a car, from then on you look at the world through different eyes. You’re more appreciative of the things around you and the people in your life.
Speaking through my own experiences, I can relate to these as well. I survived my own near-death experience before I was even born. While I was still inside of my mother, the umbilical cord was wrapped around my neck twice and I was choking. But I was able to get it off right before my mother gave birth to me. Although I feel very bad for anyone that dies, a child who is not even given the chance to live their life is just unimaginably horrible.
For those of you who are seniors reading this article, a lot of changes will be occurring soon in your lives, but just know how fortunate you are to have had one for eighteen years prior. For we are not born to die, but born to be alive, despite the words of Franklin.