Jay Santos wrote:
Life - being alive - is the condition that makes all benefits possible.

Life itself is not a benefit.

Life, even matter itself, is a benefit of the existance of a system
of logic almost totally independant from human, or any, intelligent
cognizance.

There is a sizeable entry on the definition of "life."

As long as I say I am alive, I am alive.

That is a benefit.

Merry Xmas

Terry K