As good as it gets...

I have been writing this post for some time and had left it as a draft for probably a month now. Anyway just decided to post it today in whatever state it was...

I am sure that if you have had friends who went or go through tough times or a crisis, you have egged them on by saying "look at the bright side, you still have your family or health or job" or whatever else the case might have been. But now what happens if that person goes on to lose someone from their family or lose their health in a really serious way say cancer. What if some of their decisions backfire on them...

This is what someone narrated to me that had happened to them. What do you say to that? Now that you have been made to eat your words how do you comfort them?

…What if this is as good as it gets...

This line is from the movie "As good as it gets" and Jack Nicholson delivers this line in his usual flamboyant style.

What if that this is as good as it'll get. This hopelessness that faces you is as good as it'll get. Forget god, higher force or anybody else coming and saving you, not going to happen. Pick a path, work for yourself with fervor and conviction and definitely live...