December 31, 2004

• When things get tough, I think we cling to the most basic things in
  life, among which are our survival and the things we value most. 
  I think all human beings, young and old, male and female, need some
  challenge in life, some sort of struggle that we can call our
  own.  We may not know what it is in our conscious mind, but
  subconsciously we value it more than life itself.  Although it may
  be an impossible task, or it may cause us great pain, we still live for
  it and will do anything to keep it.  When we have that something
  we can cling to, something we can fight for, it gives us the strength
  to keep going, pressing on despite the odds and circumstances. 
  Each of us has our own unique struggle, and indeed it defines who we
  are as individuals.

  But what happens if we lose our reason for fighting?  What happens
  when what we are fighting for no longer exists or matters?  How do
  we keep going, when what we have been fighting for our whole life
  suddenly is all for naught?  We can cling to that struggle all we
  want, but it is irrelevant and illogical to do so.  We can pick up
  another struggle to deal with, but it just isn’t the same as the one we
  have been fighting through our entire lives.  Our lives truly feel
  meaningless and worthless, and understandably so.  We have lost
  our reason for being, our reason for living.

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