Personal Connection
My personal connection is more with a philosophy than an actual event that happened in the book. The quote I used above is from the prologue of the novel. Death is explaining what color the sky will be when he comes for you, he explains that he likes the sky the best a chocolate color the best, and then he says, "I do, however, try to enjoy every color I see-the whole spectrum. A billion or so flavors, none of them quite the same, and a sky to slowly suck on. It takes the edge off the stress. It helps me relax." This connects to my life on one of the deepest levels I have. When I was 7 I choked on my food during a family reunion dinner. For about three minutes I lost my breath, and all I could think about was how I was going to die and how I didn't want to die. I remember seeing my mom's face in panic and all I could think about was how I wasn't going to see her again and how she wasn't going to be able to see me alive after that day. After fighting for air for so long I felt myself stop trying. I had no emotion. I was just there, ready to let go. I felt cold and my vision got blurry and it was just peaceful for about a good 10 seconds. No one knew any type of CPR ( if anyone wondered why they hadn't tried that). My sister on the other hand was in some sort of medical program and was certified. When i was ready to knock on heaven's door, my sister got home from work and performed the heimlich maneuver on me.
The feeling I got from her pushing the life back into me gave me tears of relief, pain, and gratitude. I owe my life to my sister. Not a day goes by that I don't remember what she did for me. Ever since that day I just felt happier to be alive. If you know me well, you'd know that I'm very optimistic. You would know that I can't hold grudges. The average length that I stay angry at someone is about 30 minutes. Life really is too short to be afraid of things and not tell people things or even be angry at someone. So my connection was mostly with Death because of my close encounter with him and also the way of living, that he ironically does. He tries to enjoy every moment of it, of course he has all eternity while I only have my lifetime. So far these past 9 years I've been living with the mindset that I want to be great, that I want to change people's views on things, and that my dreams can come true. And I think thats the only way I want to live my life now.
The feeling I got from her pushing the life back into me gave me tears of relief, pain, and gratitude. I owe my life to my sister. Not a day goes by that I don't remember what she did for me. Ever since that day I just felt happier to be alive. If you know me well, you'd know that I'm very optimistic. You would know that I can't hold grudges. The average length that I stay angry at someone is about 30 minutes. Life really is too short to be afraid of things and not tell people things or even be angry at someone. So my connection was mostly with Death because of my close encounter with him and also the way of living, that he ironically does. He tries to enjoy every moment of it, of course he has all eternity while I only have my lifetime. So far these past 9 years I've been living with the mindset that I want to be great, that I want to change people's views on things, and that my dreams can come true. And I think thats the only way I want to live my life now.