The one thing we know is that life is always too short, even if we live to 110. It does not help us to worry about whatabouts, couldabes, shouldhavebeens. I will be 76 tomorrow, I am 7th out of 8, one passed away 30 years ago, the rest are going about their days. I have had cousins who lived to 91 and 93. I have also had 3 children who died early-- 3 months, 4, 19. I took a bike ride to Tierro del Fugo, ran out of cash, lived in Lima for a year. If I had spent all my time worrying about what could happen, what the next thing life would dump on me, I would have stayed in my home town like many of my school friends did rather than gone on a whaler. I have at least 4 conditions that will kill me someday. Live for today, try not to let what is going to happen stop you from living now.
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