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Once people start thinking about the course they're on, then it might come as a shock to them to see that it's not what they want! People don't actually dare think about it (all). They are pushed in one way or the other. Didn't your parents push you one way and your peer groups and the law and the state? And you just coast along on that basis and then someone starts thinking ‘well what's all this about; what's your life been about? It might come as a bit of a shock then, yes, and if you're not too thrilled with the outcome what's left for you? You know, misery, until you pop! There's a big downside to it. You can carry on in autopilot until the whole thing switches off … then you'll probably think you've had a happy life.

He (a friend) had blood cancer and he was in hospital and he'd been told that ‘that's it’ and I went to visit him. He was only 62 and he said ‘Oh it's okay I've lived my life, I've done everything!’ I wanted to say ‘look man you're only 62 you could be doing …you know … why aren't you a bit more angry about it? I think you've been cut short.’ But I obviously I wasn't going to upset him by saying that. I think he was just trying to justify his circumstances, putting the best gloss on it, that he'd been satisfied with his life, and that was it.