From the author: A reflection that appeared once during self-coaching, which I wanted to share. It’s difficult to accept the idea that someone else determines or at least influences your finitude (and not only your) life. Not at the level of ideas, but at the level of the body to accept. I will call these “someones” within this text “higher powers.” It is difficult for several reasons. For some, it is difficult to cope with the idea, as if everything depended on the person - on himself. But then he would have to take on himself the blame for the finiteness of the life of anyone in whose life he participated. Or vice versa - I didn’t take proper part and the end happened. The guilt would be infinitely unbearable. And more often, in this case, they are simply limited to the circle of people for whose finite lives, it seems, they are responsible. But it’s not easy there either. As, for example, in the story of a father and daughter, who decides that he is a bad father when the daughter left due to an illness incompatible with the opportunity to live. On the other hand, if you completely abandon decisions of this level, then you can go into the “what am I” mode , little depends on me – fate-ah.” And refuse to survive where there is still a chance to survive. For example, this may be a reason to leave too early, starting with giving up during a serious illness. What if we accept the idea of ​​three contexts? Where I cannot decide to die, where I cannot decide to continue living and where the space opens up for me to decide for myself whether to stay or to leave. And, as part of this idea, that the Higher Powers bring us into these contexts, but they just don’t tell us directly where exactly. In this case, the meaning of the decision comes down to correctly determining in which of the contexts you happen to find yourself - accepting the death of the body, taking a risk, being sure that you are out of danger, or fighting with all your might for the right to stay. Then one could accept the idea of ​​the meaning of life as a search for the edge beyond which lies impossibility. That edge when others, those who follow, can either move it even further, or stop and accept. Yes, not easy. And it makes sense. And choice. And a place for difficulties and trials. Like, for example, Nick Vujicic, who learned to live with a rare hereditary disease that leads to the absence of four limbs.