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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
Scott Beauchamp • The Problem of Force | The Point Magazine
"When death finds you, may it find you alive."
-African proverb
-African proverb
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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.
David Eagleman • Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
Wallace Stevens wrote in “Sunday Morning”:
Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her, Alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams
And our desires.
–M.N.
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
charles • Tweet
(1) Remember that Life and Death live on the same side of the same coin. Death is not idly waiting for us at the end of our journeys—no, it is always with us in the lives we lead now. Being acutely aware of this allows us to reflect on what really matters, and keeps us open to the new perspectives that Life has in store for us.
Lawrence Yeo • Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That
