Man, I have been very close to death, many times.

Rock climbing incidents, scuba diving incidents, car crashes, falling off buildings, playing with weapons and firearms, getting in vicious situations, etc, etc... etc.

I cherish my life a lot, but I'm the first one to say that death can happen at any time. I've seen it happen to very close relatives, and it changed the way I perceive it a lot. I also think my Guardian Angel is awesome and that he must be tired as fuck of saving my ass all the time!