Inspiring! I think that the world would be a better place now if more people realised that now is all there is. Live well because when you die you only exist in the memories of those that knew you. - Matt G

Matt: "Because he believes life isn't contingent upon a god or upon prayers. There is no heaven, no hell. Happiness lies in the here and now and the satisfaction of living a good life without religion or myth to guide you. He takes nothing away from others' beliefs. He just prefers "Moby-Dick" to the Bible. Death is quite simple. Life is more mysterious, and he never tires of its wonderments: How he -- a Jew at that -- survived the war, how he and a girl from the corn country of Illinois fell in love and married and had four children and such a long and happy life." - from the complimentary to the slideshow artcle: http://www.latimes.com/news... . - Hanna Wiszniewska