As Life Passes Us By There are many phrases in the English language that make reference to and/or express warning in the shortness and importance of life. But no matter how often people hear it, generally, they don't understand. We, as humans, do not control our own fate. We do all we can to put ourselves in the most optimal of positions, but when it is our time to go, our hands are tied. …showed first 75 words of 877 total…

…showed last 75 words of 877 total…to go back to. Ignorance and blindness."(109) Examples of this blindness are shown within the families of Grover's Corners in Act One, the decisions made by George in Act 2, but most in Emily's trip back to earth after her untimely death. Life is a fragile gift that is delivered to us in pieces, and it only achieves meaning as we cherish and blend the pieces, even the seemingly insignificant pieces, into a full, universal whole.