Transcending Thought

Wake up! If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness--if you had little time left to live--you would waste precious little of it! Well, I''m telling you...you do have a terminal illness: It''s called birth. You don''t have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason--or you will never be at all.

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The way you get meaning in your life is to devote yourself to others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.