The first part of your statement tecoyah sounds to me like the paradigm of pessimism. I'm not a pessimist.
Maybe I'm not talking about exactly the same thing, but there was a point in my life when I noticed that the shitty parts come in cycles, and that helped me live through the less endurable things. In that sense I would agree.
But I still haven't bought into the living life fuller in fear of its ending. I don't care. When I'm dead I'm dead and will never roam again. I try to enjoy my life just because of the fun of it. And, hey, sometimes I succeed. Might even be often
