Those of us born with melancholic temperaments think we see life more clearly than others. We are sometimes called bipolar, accused sometimes of “zoning out.” We understand the transitory nature of life, that we took a long time getting here, and there will a long time after we are gone. Some of us are religious; some of us are not religious. My strongest existential thought is that of “going to the house.” I’ll know it for the first time when I get there.