Life is Too Short

On Sunday morning, I woke up to find, like many of you, that 20 year old UConn Football CB Jasper Howard had died after an on campus stabbing. My mouth was literally open as I saw the ESPN highlights of him playing the game of his life against Louisville only HOURS before, recording 11 tackles and recovering a key fumble. How could this happen? While I do not know the circumstances of his untimely passing, nor does it particularly matter, I was deeply saddened that a young, expectant father had died so soon, with so much life to live. Perhaps Jasper can serve a greater purpose to us all in life.

How many stupid, trivial things do we get stressed out over?'

How many of us do not take a chance, out of fear of failure?

How many of us are NOT living the life we want to live, and are just going through the motions day by day?

How many of us can look in the mirror and say that, at the end of the day, we have worked as hard as we could have, or that we have tried our hardest to reach a certain goal in life?

Obviously I am sad Jasper had to leave us. I did not know him, but perhaps Jasper can touch the lives of many people he did not know, by causing people to re-evaluate their own lives. ALL of us can stand to make improvements in the way we live our lives, and although he paid the ultimate price, Jasper's passing will undoubtedly save the lives of many. Life is too short, so live yours to the fullest.

R.I.P., Jasper, we are truly sad to see you go.