It seems like alot of lifestyles or common roles are lived as a way to circumscribe and safeguard against being insane. Or, fear of being insane. Not a crazy fear by any means, but it's based on weakness nevertheless. Of course 99% of life is also dictated by basic survival needs too.
Another thought: violence and bad things are so close around us that protection from them can only be explained by supernatural reasons.
A third thought to round this out: if we remember that life is really rather short even if you live to 90 then keeping your conversation (that biblical word for our total being and activity and everything) above, in the spirit, in the heavenlies is really the rule of the day. There.
