You might have heard some sage or the other say that you must be thankful for just being alive. Actor Navdeep is deeply thankful to his fate that he is alive! Why so? He was scheduled to aboard the Flight BHA-103 of Buddha Air, which crashed on Sunday, killing 19 (10 of whom are Indians). Luckily, Navdeep missed the flight because his agent did not cooperate with him.

Having seen death from close quarters and realized the temporality of life, the young actor says that he has promised himself that he will "live a better life, do good, be good, travel more, work more and live life to the fullest every single day-in and day-out!" Writing a letter to one and all in moving prose, Navdeep has expressed his heart-felt thanks to everyone - his parents, director Teja who gave him the first break, and his friends.

"They say our whole life flashes in front of our eyes when we are about to die but guess what, now it's flashing in slow motion for me as I have all the time in the world to realize what could have happened with my life," he said in the letter.

Well, Navdeep's fans across the State are relieved to learn that their star escaped death by a whisker on Sunday.