a Young Girl and a Master A girl felt sorrowful at the thought of "not" being able to hold onto anything precious in life. Then, she asked the master why God was so cruel that HE gave all human beings this kind of fate. Then, the master simply replied that "If we could hold onto everything and were given eternal life and perpetual youth, would we still be able to know how 'precious' life itself truly is?" Here begs the question. If the things we possess such as our life and youth would never expire, would we still know that we should cherish these gifts?