A friend died recently, a good bloke who somehow managed to slip off my (and everyone else's) radar.
I guess that everything else just seemed more important at the time, and getting back in touch was always something that I could do another day -
and now it's too late.
It brings back to mind an old, old story about four people...
Everybody, Anybody, Somebody, & Nobody
There was an important job to be done,
and Everybody was asked to do it.
Everybody was sure Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that,
because it was Everybody's job.
Everybody thought Anybody could do it,
but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody
when actually Nobody asked Anybody.
It's a hell of a price to pay to be reminded that life's too short to put off contacting old friends - especially when I'm not the one picking up the tab.
Originally posted 10/11/10
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