Death’s inevitability can nullify stress: Why stress when you will die anyways? It can also lead to laziness: If you die no matter what, why put yourself in a stressful situation?
The truly wise acknowledge that death is inescapable, but still apply themselves with the same intensity as one who is fighting for their very life.
A. One day you will die.
B. Yeah, but all the other days you’ll be alive.
Speech bubbles on a Peanuts cartoon that made me smile.
Like it! Simple conveyances are best.
Well said! That’s something I’ve struggled with myself and it’s easy to fall into a type of paralysis if you think about it too much.
The failure of logic leads to endless rabbit hole-like traps in exploration without vigilance.
How do you know that The truly wise acknowledge that death is inescapable, but still apply themselves with the same intensity as one who is fighting for their very life.
Because otherwise it’s just too depressing.
Your death is certain, right?
So live your each day as your last one!
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