Same here. I heard about a few passed on from age of 20s to 40s. Having know those who died early and recalling how hard they have studied and trying to be a good boy or girl, my heart sink. 1 of them was a chiobu who I approach during tertiary education days. She died of some illness in her mid 20s and her husband, who I used to think was the luckiest man on earth, became a lost soul. I'm not surprise he had committed suicide after he left overseas to roam and rethink what life is about.
This year alone, I have attended more funeral wakes than I could care to remember. Some are friends while others are friends' parent.
If you think seriously about life, we will all one day end up in the same fate. No one can escape it. The meaning of life is to live happy in the short stay that we have here on planet earth.
I try not to hate people, although I will try to keep away from people who make me unhappy because already your life is not going to be long. I try to forget unhappy incidents, although it is easier said than done. I try to be positive , energetic and inspiring to others, although there are days when I feel like shit. But life is such. It comes with the good , bad and the ugly. We just have to live with it.