Boil it down to two high-level perspectives towards life.

You may see it as meaningless or meaningful.

If you see it as meaningless you are off the hook to responsibility and being a victim is the card you most likely...

He woke up in a cold sweat, panting, gripping the bedsheets which were damp with perspiration.

The moment had arrived.

One he had long feared.

There was no more time. 

He struggled to swallow as a flood of...