Reflections in the dark

Times are not always bright and clear, and contrast is commonly unsatisfactory. This can be due to your fore- or background, either way presents suboptimal conditions. I'm talking about reality here! Things you took for granted vanish in a sudden and abrupt implosion. How can life continue without the perception and feeling that there will be a next moment? Can we live without the notion of future? Probably yes as this can be a tamporarily self defense mechanism preventing us from being blinded by the inconceivable. To prevent our mind from imagining a life without legs we get the impression of a life without life. Pain helps easing the pain. Only time can tell...