If you've ever witnessed a being ,in it's last moments of life, you must have had various different feelings. 

Sadness, sympathy, Grief, Guilt...

I witnessed that today. Twice.

But It made me come across a new way of viewing and living life. I belive it has made me wise.

TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ ANIMAL DEATH

In the Morning, I was in the car, driving on my way to school. On the way I saw the cars halting ,like a traffic jam. Thought some vehicle may have shut down. Upon moving ahead, I witnessed a poor dog's body in the middle of the road. Dead. Lower half in blood. No car stopped to at least pull his body to the side of the road. Everyone was in a rush. I told my dad to pull over so we could remove the dog from the road, but he replied that nothing can be done and we were getting late for school....

My dad told me that even tho my feelings were empathetic towards the dog, I was not in the position to do anything for him...he tried to consol me ,but still the guilt of not taking any action kept eating me from inside. I cried. Didn't realise the tears streaming down, but they did. For the poor kid. His pain. His suffering. 

Later the same day , in the evening , I went to the ATM with my mom. In front of the ATM, was a big tree. By chance , I saw a squirrel that was going inside a hole under the tree. At first from my perspective, I thought it was stuck under a rock. I called mom and removed the rock to help the squirrel,  but then again it tried to go back in the hole. It seemed weak. Even stopped for a whole minute. Mom picked her up with a plastic bag and I went to find water. The squirrel maybe drank some from the bottle cap. At first we thought it was dehydrated, but later realised that  she was nearing her end....

She stayed in my mother's palm, still as ever but eyes still opened, but that changed soon as she took her last breath.   I saw the life leaving her eyes...

For the second time today, I cried for another life. Only This time around, my mom consoled me and reminded me the circle of life. She said that we were meant to be there for her at her last moments. It was the universe's call 

I learnt that I cannot take aways anyone's pain or suffering. I can only give them comfort and do everything I can at the moment. And that the universe will always take you , where you're meant to be....