Go out into the wilderness and reflect.

The dreams of youth, nurtured by young strength and unfettered hopes, are dissipated by the light of facts as we gradually face our limitations and defects.  In the light of these limitations and defects, in view of the terrific risks we run into  teach us that a moment's choice changes , with the present held in fragile control and the next hour or the next day outside the scope of our most careful planning, there is a serious temptation to act as thoughtless children: living from moment  to moment as though we would never die, pretending that nothing really counts, feigning contentment with what our hands can grasp and hold for the moment.
We can face life when we see ourselves as children growing to Eternal Life under the eyes of a loving Father , who loves us, in a world that is wholly His.  Our prayer:

Like a child in its mother's arms so are we to You, O Lord.- by Walter Farrell OP
and Matin J. Healy STD from My Way of Life