death
by sari and · updated 21d ago
death
simon added 21d ago
There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.
from Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
simon added 6mo ago
- No one will care or remember how successful or disastrous your business is, or how hard you worked, or what your MMR was, or how much money you raised. The number one deathbed regret is working too hard and not spending enough time with family and friends. So don’t blow your life away trying to escape it by working on your business. Keep going as l... See more
from Tweet by charles
rob hardy added 1y ago
- Every human death feels unnatural. Even the peaceful passing of elderly relatives who’ve lived rich lives and completed the full circuit of experiences we all feel entitled to—work, marriage, children, vacations, holidays—are attended by a grief so massive that it slips our processes of rational cognition. It hits us obliquely, and never chronologi... See more
from The Problem of Force | The Point Magazine by Scott Beauchamp
Faith Hahn added 1y ago
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