You want to build a life. But you can't build anything if you start with weakness. Your life, once built, demands to be given away. If strong, how do you give away what's inside you? What if our life equals little more than pain? Does that represent weakness? Many of our painful experiences are only thoughts. If we could control our perceptions of thought on the pain principle, could we then find liberation from the tyranny of self? What if it can be demonstrated that pain is necessarily painful and even useful as a prod to discover something entirely different? But we don't like that. It hurts. As long as we're alive though, we heal. It's often said time heals all wounds. But does it? How much time do you need? Who sets the clock? Maybe we're on God's timetable. Maybe we were created in His image for His pleasure and purposes, and not the other way around. Maybe it's not about us at all. Life should never be a resounding gong of “me, me, me...” I realize that's the knowledge no one wants to risk having. Maybe all of creation is not for man. Maybe our “scientific” endeavors shouldn't increase our vanities, as seems always the case. Maybe in our quest to connect with the Great Creator, we can find true liberation from selfish purposes and discover truer, deeper meaning.