#life time, waves on a shore, each wave faced washes away or washes over. survive one pounding only to encounter the next. many will fall leaving no trace, not even footprints of a #life lived. illness, age and death take them like dark clouds drifting over a hill, blocking out the warmth of a sun soon forgotten in their suffering. bringing rains of pain and any effort made, or any dreams they held will result in nothing. a doom pre determined and chapters and verses relating to a #life already written, a chart or map carrying everyone on a journey and all hoping that somehow they can avoid the pain and outcome of a #life no matter how well lived. no matter how good or bad all will eventually fall, there is no certainty other than an end to all. Even Jesus who only did good, a perfect man who gave all even his #life only to be whipped and beaten, abandoned by his friends, crucified to a agonizing end. what we believe, what we love, no matter how much wished otherwise is destined, preordained to die. and still we strive, one step after another, no matter the weight of the burden, we press on, onwards and upward toward a light, a light perhaps sometimes imagined but not seen. faith is the strength that carries us and character the impetus for our journey. never quit, love the path you're on, be the path for others