Have you ever been in a life-threatening or life-ending situation or condition or diagnosis? Do you remember what it feels like? People tend to promise themselves and everyone around them that they will live differently. They promise to live differently because they understand, or rather forced into understanding the fragility of life, and the unfulfilled promises. That is the greatest fear that drives us. Everything comes racing down to your mind -- the people you loved, your family, your friends, the dreams that may remain a dream. When life’s fragility is primed, people’s goals and motives in their everyday lives shift completely. It’s perspective, not age, that matters the most.