By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

Dionne Warwick asked this in a song, as did Michael Caine in a film.[2] What’s Life really all about? We come into this world, and we die. None of us leave this world alive. The Pharoahs didn’t; billionaires don’t[3]; and we won’t—which is a sobering fact.

Because of Infanticide, some lives are cut short and aborted, who might have influenced the world in ways we can barely imagine—for good or evil. Suppose Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse-tung had been aborted, or never born. And what about Jesus?

Many people globally have “experienced” God, including yours truly.[4] Does that provide guidance, and a sense of what to do in life? Perhaps so. Maybe the answer is to never stop believing; and that all we can do is our very best, and hope for the rest. And thank God for our loved ones.[5]

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© 2024, Timothy D. Naegele

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[1]  Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass).  See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6  and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/   He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University.  He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at The Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service).  Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams.  He can be contacted directly at tdnaegele.associates@gmail.com

[2]  See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_(Burt_Bacharach_song) (“Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)”) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_(1966_film) (“Alfie (1966 film)”)

[3]  See, e.g., See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/jerry-perenchio-kind-and-caring/ (“Jerry Perenchio: Kind And Caring”)

[4]  See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/what-and-where-is-god/ (“What And Where Is God?”)

[5]  See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/12/legacy/ (“Legacy”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2024/01/23/the-wonder-dog-is-dead-and-part-of-me-died-with-her/ (“The Wonder Dog Is Dead, And Part of Me Died With Her”)