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[Paula Sims]

4. I have the same questions

In the past 30 years it's been one thing after another for my husband and me: Rare illnesses, deaths, unemployment. I almost dare not have hope or joy because I know it's going to be crushed in a short while.

That said -- all the books, including Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, are useless unless you believe there is a higher "power". That power could be evil, good, or just random. Or you can believe things were "meant to be" which means we are powerless and no matter what we do, we are predestined for certain things.

Bottom line - it stinks <insert stronger word here>. All the platitudes in the word won't change things. You just have to think -- get through today and see what can be done tomorrow.

It's not fair - but no one promised us fair.