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Phrase: In a heartbeat
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
It can take a lifetime to build something up, and then just like that, it’s gone in a heartbeat.
How many people in Japan have had their homes destroyed by earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding or landslides?
The number must be in the tens of thousands, if not the hundreds of thousands.
One day your house is there, and everything is fine.
Then the next day, it’s gone in a heartbeat, which means instantly or immediately.
Life is like that. It can turn on a dime.
The coronavirus has changed many people’s lives very suddenly.
They may have lost a job, loved one, co-worker or their entire way of life, but no matter what they have lost, they lost it in a heartbeat, with minimal warning and no opportunity to prepare.
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Come to think of it, the fact that our hearts beat is something we all tend to take for granted.
How many people have you heard of suddenly passing away from a heart attack or stroke?
I’ve heard of a few. Thankfully no one was very close to me, but it does happen every day.
Unfortunately, it seems that most bad things happen in a heartbeat.
Sure, winning the lottery can change a person’s life in a heartbeat, but how many people will the lottery?
Not many; that’s why it’s a lottery.
Yes, it may seem that some people have become an overnight success, but in reality, it only happens after many long years of hard work in the shadows.
Good things don’t often occur in a heartbeat.
Keep that in mind.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 76.
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