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I got nothin' for this - except maybe to say that if this life were all there is, it would make no sense. You need a furnace to purify a metal, and the hardships we face have been likened in some philosophies to such furnaces - our immortal (and inedible) souls being the base metal needing refinement.

So too it tests the mettle of family and friends and reveals what is in their hearts. During one such hardship in my life, my wife had to go on sabbatical for a year - the situation was simply too sad and depressing. That year I weaned myself off the opioids and learned to function whilst ignoring the chronic pain. It was growth of some sort, but I still don't see the wherefore of it all. On the farther side of that year, we are still madly in love. It's the laughter we remember.

My son and his family are down with the Covid this week, but all are vaccinated and doing fine.

Hang in there, and pay attention to what life reveals to you about the contents of your heart.