I am a little older than most people on this forum. I have had many people close to me die. The worst was my mom at age 57 from a brain stem tumor.
Have had three friends die of drug overdoses or drug/alcohol related health problems. One friend who saved my life when I was in HS died 6 blocks from where I grew up, on a motorcycle, very violent crash. My best friend's dad just died last week, he was like my second dad (my dad died back in 1990). Another friend died of cancer last year.
When my mom died I realized that God can punch your time card any time He wants you to come home. So I try to live my life so if I go, I lived that day treating people with respect and wanting to help people who need my help. And have fun while I still can.