Quote from Kieran Setiya
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Quote from Kieran Setiya
I’ve come to also see grief as part of the everyday experience of being human in a world that is both good and cruel. In this sense, grief is a constant for us. It is a real and right response to our vulnerability.
Tish Harrison Warren • Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
“It’s nature, it’s life. I’ll take it however it comes. Honestly, it doesn’t scare me. At 65, I’ve done it all. I’m moving on. As [my partner] Daniel always says, we have maybe 10 years, 20 years, ahead of us. We’re going to take advantage of it. I still like doing new things. I know that, from the moment I retire, I will earn a lot less. But that ... See more
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
(Steve Jobs)
The peace of mind on offer here is of a higher order: it lies in the recognition that being unable to escape from the problems of finitude is not, in itself, a problem. The human disease is often painful, but as the Zen teacher Charlotte Joko Beck puts it, it’s only unbearable for as long as you’re under the impression that there might be a cure. A
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