I've lost a few people this year. All of them went suddenly. They all told me the same : "Enjoy your life. Enjoy the moment."
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In those moments I found no pity or sadness, only respect and admiration for what human beings are truly capable of. Their loss gave me sadness, but it reminded me that the only true loss is regret.
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Somehow all of them transformed their regret into contentment, and sought to transmit that to those they knew and loved in their final moments. For that I am deeply grateful to them.
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They understood that life is fleeting, and that life is nothing but the story of each moment, and those moments tied together. They were more simple than I was, simply this "Enjoy your life..." Three words was enough.
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The most precious and substantial thing is that which we already possess and pay the least attention to. Yet when we do, it becomes the source of our humanity, our creativity, our strength,
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My fellow human beings who I've lost remind me of this, and the memory of their achievement in understanding remains with me. We are all fellows in death. Death cannot be a regret if you live in understanding; it can only be the fulfillment of life.
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Their memory lives on with me, and now I'm sharing it with you who is reading this. What matters in a human being transcends physical death.
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Be grateful for the opportunity, and you will seize it. RIP my dear friends.https://youtu.be/_MOpX3R7CwY
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