We live as though . . . .

"Most people live their lives as if the end were always years away.  They measure their days in love, laughter, accomplishment, and loss. There are moments of sunshine and storm.  There are schedules, phone calls, careers, anxieties, joys, exotic trips, favorite foods, romance, shame, and hunger.  People can be defined by (any number of externals) as well as by the company they keep. 

All over the world, children love their parents and yearn for love in return.  They revel in the touch of parental hands on their faces. And even on the worst of days, each person has dreams about the future - dreams that sometimes come true. 

Such is life. 

Yet life can end in less time than it takes to draw one breath." 

                          from Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly