We’ll never get the upper hand in our relationship with the moments of our lives because we are nothing but those moments. To “master” them would first entail getting outside of them, splitting off from them. But where would we go? “Time is the substance I am made of,” writes Jorge Luis Borges. “Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am the... See more
The vessel doesn't need to be perfect. The vessel needs to be strong enough to survive the descent. That's it. Everything beyond that threshold is dwarf vanity.