Life is extensively capricious and amazingly stupid– therefore I find it laughable when anyone behaves as if he or she is immortal and better than any person.

All the 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed soon after taking off from Addis Ababa have been killed, the airline said on Sunday morning.

I mean 157 people, on a flight to Kenya from Ethiopia have died just like that. It could have been any of us–as these people have husbands, wives, girlfriends, sidekicks and everything like most of us.

Just 6 minutes of the flight taking off, it lost contact–so just 6 minutes in the air, they lost their lives.

That’s how short life is for all of us. It’s by random chance, that we walk into each day of the week healthy–and yet some of us smugly behave we have it all planned.

It’s sad but that’s life. Last night, a good friend of mine in Ghana lost her mother too.

Death is part of our cycle as homo sapiens. It’s inevitable and uncertain. Every minute can be your last–so be happy and enjoy each second of your life.

This is why I live for moments and do not worry myself much about tomorrow.

–Chris-Vincent Agyapong