It is a sobering experience when you realize that all your dreams, all your plans, can be dashed by a drunk driver, a neglegent aircraft mechanic or a criminal looking for his next victim, or that one of the phantom pains that flit through your body should set up housekeeping bringing your life to an abrupt end, or changing it forever.
I cope with it by at least taking the occasional sip from the Cup of Life, although never in my life have I been able to afford deep gulps, and could very well fall victim to life's randomness before then. But sometimes the little sips have a savor all thier own. There are days that an outsider would call utterly ordinary that I find precious. I would still like to be able to afford the occasional deep gulp though.
Anyway, I take the fact that one's life can be taken away prematurely as a goad to try and get the most out of every day, without neglecting the future.
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Date: 2001-05-18 07:53 pm (UTC)I cope with it by at least taking the occasional sip from the Cup of Life, although never in my life have I been able to afford deep gulps, and could very well fall victim to life's randomness before then. But sometimes the little sips have a savor all thier own. There are days that an outsider would call utterly ordinary that I find precious. I would still like to be able to afford the occasional deep gulp though.
Anyway, I take the fact that one's life can be taken away prematurely as a goad to try and get the most out of every day, without neglecting the future.