For the past week, I can think of nothing else but my friend, who is down with cancer. I had a friend who died of cancer before his 40th birthday and another who died, also of cancer when he was 50+. Another friend told me that his colleague has passed away from cancer just before Christmas, at only 27 years old. That freaks me out and makes me wonder why cancer seems to be getting more and more common and if one day, all of us will die from cancer.

Another friend, who is a staunch Buddhist, tells me that cancer is a disease of Karma. Is it true? We surely could blame Karma for all the bad stuff that happen in life but sometimes I find that it's the opposite that holds true. After all, good guys die young, didn't you hear of that?

Although my friend, the cancer sufferer seems to be in good spirit, I can't help but think that I would lose him one day and that hurts me. I don't have too many good friends and those that I have, I truly treasure. Why must God punish them like this? I guess anyone could declare that he is not afraid of death and that death is a natural progression of life but it is the painful journey to the end that is so difficult to bear. I am trying hard not to think about it but it is impossible not to.