"Slave"'s melodramatic; I can see how a view that disparages free will could make one despondent. It may surprise you to know that doing good to others can, and often does, dodge the ego entirely. "Living in the moment", catchy a phrase as that is, isn't quite what I mean. Only that every act leaves an indelible mark in eternity. All is not vanity.

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I'm afraid most people have those; if you can endure the indelicacies of nature, the Genessia City Hopsital is hiring for secretaries.