The sudden and untimely death of a Canadian tourist who came to the island to participate in a friend's wedding, is a grim reminder of the fact that life is very unpredictable.

Stories like these should encourage us to live life to the fullest and to enjoy every minute as it proves quite clearly and sadly, that we never know what the future holds for us. Death was perhaps the least thing on this woman's mind when she left her house in Canada and boarded the plane to come to Jamaica.

Just mere hours before, this woman had been enjoying life, partying and spending time with her friends, not knowing what fate had in store for her. Stories like these also get us thinking. Is there really such a thing as destiny? What about fate? Is our path in life predetermined or do we steer our lives in a certain direction?

The answers to these and other similar questions may never be found and it is only when things like this happen that we even take the time to reflect and to attempt to straighten out our lives. Religious persons would use opportunities like these to remind us that life is very short and uncertain and that we should take care to ensure that our lives are what God would want them to be.

What we should take from this story, is just what was said before, live life to the fullest as we never know when it might end.