It Is a Gift to Be Alive

...we don't know for certain that there is life after death, nor do we know if we will return to earth in a new life. What's important is that no matter what exists in the beyond, we are here now, and it is a gift to be alive. Therefore, let us live fully in the present. Find your reasons for living. Live them. Love them. Appreciate them. The world needs each person to play his or her part, to make a contribution. (Alexandra Stoddard, The Art of the Possible, p. 147)