This is more along the lines of the title than the OP so I hope it’s okay. I went today to visit my great aunt who is over ninety. She has buried both children and many neices and nephews (my mom and sister included) in the past few years. She has only one of nine siblings alive. In the last few weeks she has lost the will to live. She has no Torah to fall back on and sees no point. Today she asked me why she should try. She asked if there is a reason to fight. I told her that every minute is another chance to be thankful. I said she should try for all the people who get enjoyment from coming to visit her. I wanted to cry for all the emptiness inside her and I don’t ever want to forget how lucky I am to know the value of a minute, and the power of a mitzvah. Living another second to do another good deed, to say another kapitel tehillim, to have hakaras hatov for anything and everything is such a gift that I can no longer take for granted.
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