Your Own Mortality

I think maybe about 13-14, when I started watching those war movies like Platoon, Glory and some about WW2, and thinking about those young guys that died who were maybe 18-19 at the time, and that was just a few short years away for me.

Also there was a kid in a school my Mom taught at who died in a car accident, and especially when I got my drivers license, realizing it could happen at any time and there may not be anything I can do to stop it.

There was also another incident when I was ~16. I got really sick all of a sudden, felt really not and I went outside and laid on the grass to cool off (it was night) and just kinda looked up at the stars, thought my time was up and had this sense of peace come over me. It wasn't really a religious feeling although I was religious at the time.