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Why is it that people seem to almost run against time to pass a judgement ? especially the ones who have been living on this planet for a good fifty years or more, those who have done a fair amount of traveling, meeting people from various walks of life and have dealt with extreme situations in life. they, of all people, should realize that life is not black and white. it is too easy to put things as right and wrong.

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i met a friend today, who said, "i do not understand how people get up everyday and live. i am only living because i am too scared to take my own life. i am on an autopilot."

my friend, i wish i could do something for you. i know you are too proud to ask for help. your self-deprecating sense of humor made you turn this statement into a mere joke when you saw my (badly masked) shocked reaction. i know it is useless and cliched to say that life is bigger than what you have and all you need to live is a smallest reason or tiniest hope. sometimes our own problems seem so overwhelming and all-consuming that we are unable to see anything beyond that. i do not claim to be a proponent of hope and happiness. but all i want to say is, we just get one shot at life. no one knows about afterlife and whether it really exists and how it works. so instead, why not try to make the best of this life ?

does it make sense ? i wish so, desperately.