“Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
― John Donne
One of my friends from work recently lost her husband and I immediately thought of this quote. And Dear Hyphen reminds me CONSTANTLY how short life is and how we are nearing the end of a journey. This reminds me that humans are the only animals that actual realize that they will die one day. This should remind us how precious life is, yet at times I get so depressed I think about the ultimate way out. What better way to have some control over the unforeseen. And I think I am dealing with some depression right now. The trivia of every day seems so, well, trivial. So mundane. Reminds me of a Robbie Fulks' song about his steel headed father, the last line of which I shall paraphrase: in a couple of hundred years would it really matter?
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