Value of life!

We hardly realise the importance of a person when they are with us.  We neglect to show them the love, affection and care amidst the busy life.  And one unfortunate day, when we realize that the person is no more, we regret and talk about how much we miss them and love them.  I'm not scourging over and say this is wrong. But had we told this when the person is with us, they would have felt really happy isn't' it?

Just when I came back from my short vacation, I was traumatized to see a sad news.  A good friend/colleague of mine had posted in FB that her boyfriend is no more.  I was shocked!  They were living together for more than 5 years, and had so many plans for their future.  And I couldn't pacify or console my colleague over this loss.  

I'm not very good at handling such news.  I've gone through such tough time of losing someone probably once - a classmate of mine me during my college.  He was not a close friend, but that still disturbed me for very many months.  I normally can't bear the grief of these accidents or death even in movies.  And if it's a real incident and that too happening to some close circle of yours would bring all the jerk in us.  

But the known fact is that all of us will have to leave this world once. Despite knowing this, why do we grieve?  And why can't we tolerate their loss?  
And losing someone through natural aged death is different to accident or other means.  And that's when I questioned myself as how often do we express our love?.  A hug, a cuddle, a kiss, a smile, a "love you" - how many times have we shared it with our dear ones??  Or how often?