http://christopher.wojno.com/articles/tag/life en-us 40 Exploration through Code <p>This one&#8217;s just a blurb. I had a relative admitted to a hospital very recently and I&#8217;ve heard the phrase: &#8220;lucky to be alive&#8221; tossed about a few times.</p> <p>After idle reflection later I concluded that statement is applicable regardless of how close one is or seemingly is to death. Why does proximity to death make one or others value life more? Is it merely the reminder? Or does the value of life actually increase with age^{<a href="#fn1">1</a>}? Surely, it matters more to me, my family, and my relative now. No answers have I for you.</p> <p>The fundamental curiosity (of mine) of humanity concerns the volatility of life&#8217;s value throughout; in reality, every breath at birth or death is as valuable as those between. You are lucky to be alive at any time, let alone at all regardless of your faith.</p> <p id="fn1">¹ Paradoxically enough, most people would probably claim that children are worth more due to a lack of years, not proximity to death; no one ever considers this to be lucky, unless of course the child is close to death.</p> Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:32:00 -0700 urn:uuid:05cf9205-6bc1-4857-bdcb-47a98031fa3a Christopher Wojno http://christopher.wojno.com/articles/2007/08/21/luck-has-nothing-to-do-with-it Life life luck family death