Most important things in life

"If you have only 13 hours left to live..... what will be most important to you? How will you make your choices and live differently?"

Have you ever thought of it? I had.
 
I was on a plane to Austria, a 13-hour flight. Long and tiring one; never had I once loved it.
As usual, I boarded the plane, swiftly got myself comfortable in the aisle seat and fell asleep shortly after. How else can you make time past faster. Just through sleep.

Half way through the flight, there was a pretty bad turbulence in the plane. It vibrated vigorously from left to right and occasionally "dropped" slightly, creating a feeling of a mini roller coaster. My air sickness kicked in. If that's not bad enough, wait till you hear what happened next.

Out of a sudden, a woman in her mid 50s seated behind me started yelling, crying and kicking hard. She wanted to get off the plane. Somehow, her hysterical screams can make your whole body break into cold sweats. It was a bad situation turned worse.

Normally in such situation, I would join in the party and burst into tears as well. But not this time. I was extremely calm, surprisingly. All I could think of was if anything were to happen to me and if the plane had to land crash just like the recent Malaysian Airline MH17, I am sure I don't want to die being scared.

My bubble of thoughts started hopping around all at once "Why am I even here. What have I done in my life for the past years. Do I have any regrets" etc.etc.etc.. But what really got me thinking long and hard was "what is really important to me". Definitely not money, neither status nor materialistic items. I could only think of my family, my husband. Being near with them, makes me the happiest person ever. I knew the answer all along but it sank in deeper this time under such circumstances and tremendous pressure. 

There, I've gotten my answer....

Have you? If not, then probably you need a long flight to think this through.