Despair

^{Truly mind-boggling is the enormity of the Universe, the totality of 2 trillion galaxies, one of which is the Milky Way with half a trillion stars, our Sun with Earth and 7 other planets one of them.}

^{Am I, an advanced octogenarian quickly approaching the terminus of my earthly existence, any wiser as to the mystery of the Universe and my connection with it, whence and whither of my being?}

^{Not at all. Nor is there any prospect of wisdom. Simply I refuse to join the delusionists who, contrary to common sense, to any observable attribute of the Universe, humanize it as God who can be cajoled by delirious shouting and singing to grant them eternal life past their earthly detour.}  

^{Doomed I am to despair.}