grieve the tiny deaths
… Humans get to accomplish much more than cats, and probably, to experience a far richer panoply of emotions. But the price we must pay is facing hard truths: that we’l die; that life unfolds one moment after another; that each moment represents a choice among competing ways of spending our time, so that agonizing choices, and the sacrifice of alte
... See moreThe pandemic rubbed our noses in that reality by taking away so much that we’d taken for granted. Of course, impermanence has always been the norm. Friends move away. Family members die. Social media communities dissolve. We leave our hometowns for school or better jobs. As our communities repeatedly splinter, we’re forced to engage in a lifelong r
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