I wholeheartedely agree with the 'laughing' statement above. Im not religious myself but instead take the approach that no one is guaranteed a long life. Anyone of us could die tomorrow of anything. Live each day to the fullest. My mother just got out of internal radiation last week and has had a very rough year. We spend as much time with her as we can and we dont treat her like she has a disease. We joke around with her, laugh, and treat her how we've always treated her.

The more experience with life I get the more I see that some people just dont live until they get a terminal illness. It takes the realization of their own mortality for them to start living.