Soon You’ll Be Dead (So Make It Count) — Roadopener
It is by consciously confronting the certainty of death, and what follows from the certainty of death, that we finally become truly present for our lives. This is the kernel of wisdom in the cliché of the celebrity who claims that a brush with cancer was “the best thing that ever happened” to them: it pitches them into a more authentic mode of... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Ma non dobbiamo aspettare di morire per riflettere su cosa significhi vivere liberamente. Per tutti noi, riconcepire la morte come una guida può aiutarci a iniziare una conversazione continua con noi stessi su chi siamo e sul significato che vorremmo dare alla nostra vita. Pensate a come avete trascorso gli ultimi sei mesi. Cosa e chi vi ha dato... See more
Opinion | Living to Die Well
… 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
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