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There have been a lot of things lately that have made me realize that my life is really like a stage. For a long time, life was a mystery to me.  It still is very much so.  There are a lot of things that occur in it that don't make sense to me and probably never will until it's over.  But as my perspective has changed over the years and I understand the concept of my existence more, life makes more sense. I'll first say that in my eyes, existence and life on earth are two different things.  Life on earth will not go on forever, but my existence will.  So it really makes sense that life is like a stage, on which the contents of my heart are played out and made transparent, and then worked on until they are just the way they need to be. And like most activities done on stage, at some point my life on earth will come to an end, at which time, I will be critiqued. Only unlike a performance, in the real thing the opinion of only one Judge will...

22. Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you? Losing touch with a good friend who lives right near me.  For sure. Because you can always visit that friend that moved away (not to mention video chat and talking on the phone) but once you drop a friendship right next to you, it's harder to pick up again than getting on an airplane.   23. What are you most grateful for? I'm most grateful for God's character being the way it is.  Because logically, either He's alive and He is who He says He is or He doesn't exist at all.   It is my honor to be a witness that He is alive (because I have witnessed Him being who He says He is).   So how awful would it be not if God did exist, but if He wasn't who He says He is? It would be even worse than living in a world where there was no God at all (which would be an oxymoron anyway since He is the creator and sustainer of all).   Everything "going wrong...