I think Wasdell and Kevin Anderson are probably on the money. I also think Guy McPherson is probably more right than wrong.

But at some point I've got to find joy in life, despite my knowledge and expectations. The key to that lock, for me, has been developing non-attachment. Clinging to either hope or despair is a mug's game. It closes the door on all the magical possibilities in life. The "beginner's mind" of perpetual wide-eyed wonder is a lot more fun, and in the end is more authentic than all that desperate grasping and rejection.