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Originally Posted by Cernunnos
I'm with inBOIL on this. "Why?" That is a difficult (if not impossible) question to answer, unlike who, what, where, when, and how.
Events occur, with or without reason. Life happens, and that often leads to the death and sorrow of innocents. The important thing is to focus on the positives and come to accept the negatives that you can't change.
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My take: Life is a string of endlessly complex events set in motion by an infinite number of variables. Trying to understand it is meaningless. I find comfort in understanding that. That I can only control what is controllable and that killing myself over the unknowable is useless. I use to kill myself over crap I couldn't control until I realized I had a life to live.
When my father had his stroke I cried for a bit because it was overwhelming but then I took it in stride. I couldn't help that he had it. But I could make what could of been his last days perfect for him and for me.
Life for me, know, is a lot of that; being comfortable knowing that I know practically nothing but also having the confidence I need to fight tooth and nail for what I do know. That's how I understand and deal with horrible things.