Life in general is like some practical joke. Think about it. When we are born, we are helpless. We depend on everything. We drool, we shit in our pants, and we can not talk or walk. We have no teeth, therefore we eat mush. We have no hair and we can not understand a thing anyone is saying. As we get older into our teenage years, our bodies and health are in their prime. We still do not know much, but we think that we do therefore we are fearless in the things we will do and say. As we grow older, we educate ourselves and go out into the world to try and make a decent living so that we can have all of the things our hearts desire. Suddenly we find that we owe everyone money and are in debt so far that it will take years to re-pay and now not only do we have our own wellbeing to look after but we have a “family” whose needs often come first. So we work harder at making that living and spend more time doing it. Before you know it that family is gone, out making their own living and we are left to fend for ourselves. Our mind is strong, full of knowledge. But we are helpless, and no one will listen to us, or care what our opinions are. We depend on everything. We drool, we shit in our pants, and we can not walk as well as we used to. We still feel like we did in our prime, but when we look in the mirror we see an image that doesn’t in the least bit resemble the person we used to see in the mirror. We have all of the things that our hearts once desired but now they sit collecting dust. The people, the ones that we worked so hard for, whose priorities often came first are no longer around. Yes, some days life does seem to be one big practical joke, as we sit alone and helpless and wait.