Yesterday I met a friend who told me that his mother, who is 84 years old, suffers from chronic depression and probably a mild form of schizophrenia.

He told me that for some time now she has had the feeling that someone is following her and trying to harm her. Apparently, she was weaving strange scenarios in her head about various conspiracies that were putting her in danger. And, as I said, she's 84 years old.

So, not being able to bear this difficult situation she was in, three or four days ago she went into the bathroom, opened the bathroom window, and jumped from the fifth floor.

And this is where the miracle happened! People on the street, who saw the scene, called emergency service. They found my friend's mother still alive. Although she had been thrown from a great height, she had almost no serious injuries. Just a little bit of damage to her collarbone, her shoulder, and a couple of broken ribs. Nothing else.

She is now in hospital under the care of doctors and a psychiatrist who has prescribed medication for depression and she is doing much better. Moreover, now that she is on the medication and feeling better, she cannot understand why she did what she did and feels guilty and ashamed.

Thank God she is now well and recovering. But for the family of my friend, this has been a very traumatic experience.

It was an event that made me think a little bit about the fragility of the human beings. There is a little disturbance in your brain and you are not aware of the things you are doing and the damage you are doing to yourself. Then, when you're sober, you ask yourself: how did I do that? I don't know what else to say about this, but this event shook me up and made me thank God for all the beautiful things and blessings I have in my life, and for my mental health, because these are things that one can lose in the blink of an eye.

Nothing in this life should be taken for granted. You can lose it all at any moment.

Let's think about it!