Comments on: life abides, death awaits/2015/08/23/life-abides-death-awaits/various and sundry notionsWed, 26 Aug 2015 02:50:18 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Merle/2015/08/23/life-abides-death-awaits/comment-page-1/#comment-391Wed, 26 Aug 2015 02:50:18 +0000/?p=1518#comment-391The “retrospective frame of mind” reminds me of a paragraph from a favorite book:

“Or maybe it was just the fact that I am a very lucky person. When I feel lucky in the total sense, I also feel very much ashamed for my weaknesses and the times when I have doubted, the instances when I’ve wasted a bit of what is most valuable in life. Time has passed, and I’m somewhere on a hill now. Anywhere I look around is down. Along the rest of the way, I must be less afraid. And more grateful.” — James Krenov, A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook

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