"Lies With the Kindest of Intentions"

#0146. Do you want to know the secret of your existence? she asks. Of course I do, I respond. There is no secret, she says. There is nothing special about you. There is nothing special about your life. You are born, you live, you will die, she says. In between, you can try to make the most of the time you have. But there is no secret, she says. I appreciate what she is trying to do. She is lying to me. She wants me to feel the release of abandonment. She is lying with the kindest of intentions. But I cannot turn my back on what I know is true. I am ready to die, but I do not tell her. I know what is waiting for me on the opposite side.