The only reason time exists is so everything doesn't happen at once. Kaycee is gone. The hand quicker than I, indeed. Yeah, think about it.
Life is what it is.
It's not what we think it to be. The Tao that can be named is not the Tao. It's not what we want it to be. It is what it is, and we're a part of it. It is our task in life to hear it.