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A MEDITATION

“ First learn to live, and then you will learn to philosophize. But no one can learn to live without learning to die as well.

— Epictetus

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On mortality

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A reflection

You can't learn to live until you've accepted the ending. The denial of death is what inflates every trivial fear and shrinks every day. Make peace with the exit and the rest of the tour opens up.

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