upon the horrific death of their son and daughter-in-law --in front of them in their car-- my dear friends are experiencing one of the darkest corners of 'Why?' any human may face.
so what is life? may be better defined as what it is not. and maybe, what we can, or not, control.
To be honest, I'm not counting on anything. Absolutely not. but, just to clarify: The only thing I count on are the things I can control. Which leaves out a lot: Death, life, health, statistics, probability, other people, risk, actuarial tables, maybe everything.
Part of me says I agree but hope springs eternal.
I reply to The Self, "but the greatest of these is love."
The rest are intangibles which are also usually symptoms of light psychosis. (hope, faith, trust, beliefs).
an Optimistic Attitude, however, is quite worthwhile.
so are encouragements from others.
each morning, each breath, each bite, each minute of horror, each minute of ecstasy, each blink, each sip, is a gift. "that's why they call it the present".