So much of what we need to know about life, we learn from other people, who learned from other people. How to live with courage and dignity; how to deal with conflict and adversity; how to find and keep a mate, and how to raise the young.
From these small pieces, which we often overlook, we build a life. If the pieces are missing, life will not be whole. To live rightly and bravely and to meet its challenges, to build and sustain a family, or to prosper in any worthwhile undertaking, will elude our grasp.
It is up to us to put life back together, one piece at a time.