All I can say is that if you have a sick child who is suffering and in danger it is quite different to any kind of trouble you have experienced before. It is ve

All I can say is that if you have a sick child who is suffering and in danger it is quite different to any kind of trouble you have experienced before. It is very hard to take this on your own shoulders. It helps a lot to have a feeling that there is something bigger out there. You don't have to call it God. But logic etc is of no help in this kind of situation as it is by definition out of your control. This is where all your established positions mean nothing. So whether it is true or not that there is something else I imagine that the feeling that there is is what helps many people keep it together when they would crumble if they felt there were only people and logic in the universe, there's nothing out there, we live, we die, we are just machines that are programmed to reproduce etc. Keeping it together at a time like this can be very important so you take whatever help you can get. And if you feel you got it then it would be untrue to yourself not to be grateful later.