(Submitted by the author)
No matter what the cause, every time death comes to others, whether gently or like a Tsunami and we are spared, there is an inner felt affirmation that “I am still here.” Even in grief and mourning or guilt that “it should have been me,” there is this reality, “I am still here.” The challenge is to find or have the sense that there is meaning and purpose to being alive. If we are - as I believe - spiritual beings on a human path, it means that there is still more for us to experience, to do, to learn, or to love if we are still here.
Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and...
F. Scott Fitzgerald, USA
