Excerpt from the book, The Winner's Notebook ,by Theodore Isaac Rubin
The insistent fact of life itself
Of course, you are alive. But don't let's joke this one away. Are you convinced that being alive at any age makes change and growth possible? I have seen patients who have been chronically ill and confined in state hospitals for over forty years get well enough to leave and then go on to lead useful lives. This has happened spontaneously, often without any "logical" explanation whatsoever. Yes, protoplasm ---living matter ---has an inherent way of bouncing back, or responding, of resisting obliteration. So to be alive is to have hope, and hope is no small item. People can grow and become healthier as long as they live, whatever their age.
How wonderful ---you are here, now. You are breathing, hearing, feeling and seeing. You are alive and growing.
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