Not looking for sympathy, but I thought I'd share what my last 8 weeks have looked like.

I lost my two beautiful Border Collie girls to Cancer, just 10 days apart starting with the first to go one day after my birthday.
Then we lost a very close family friend to a sudden heart attack at just 63 years of age. He was a brilliant Gann trader and someone I had a great deal of respect for.
Then, just 13 days ago, my neighbour and close friend, who was also learning Gann, suffered a massive heart attack.
Luckily I was home, just 2 doors away, just stopped by to have a coffee, or atleast thats what I thought. When I got to him two minutes later after hearing his wife scream, thanks to my wife, he had no pulse and wasn't breathing.
I performed CPR for 10 solid minutes, fighting for his life, before the paramedics took over. They worked on him for another 45 minutes before finally establishing a stable pulse.
Watching those paramedics work was nothing short of incredible. They took him straight into emergency surgery, threading a catheter through his femoral artery to his heart. I could see the entire procedure live on the iPad they were using in his living room. The skill, composure and dedication of those men and women was extraordinary. They truly the real miracle workers.
He spent a week in a coma before waking up. He shared experiences that included watching everything unfold from above, seeing Christ, and other profound experiences, albeit, psychadelic in nature, maybe the latter was influenced by medication like ketamine, I don't know.
What I do know is that it changed him.
He was an engineer. Logical, scientific, and never had much time for my spiritual ideas. We debated those topics for years.
A few days ago, he looked at me and said, "It's everything you've been saying all these years."
He finished by saying, "We MUST talk."
He's expected to make a full recovery after a double heart bypass. Apart from some temporary issues with his leg from the vein graft, his doctors expect him to do very well.
Perspective is everything.
I mentioned earlier that we lost another close family friend.
His wife endured something I can't even begin to imagine.
She found her father dead on the floor at home when she went to visit. Three months later, she also found her mother dead. Three months after that, in sheer disbelief, she finds her husband, our friend, passed away in front of his computer screens, doing what he loved, trading the charts.
Three of the people she loved most... gone within six months.
Life can change in an instant.
If you're going through a difficult time, just remember you're not alone. Every person you meet is carrying a story that you probably know nothing about.
Life is incredibly short.
Spend your time wisely.
Forgive quickly.
Let go of anger.
Don't live with regret.
Tell the people you love that you love them everyday. Don't assume there will always be tomorrow.
At the end of it all, I truly believe love is the only thing that really matters.
Wishing everyone a peaceful, healthy and happy weekend.
~ TGM! ~❤️