CHAPTER 32
The Mystery of Death
And I get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown / And summertime is falling down.
—JONI MITCHELL
The one constant in the universe is that everything changes. Everything. Death. Taxes. Change. These things are certain in every season and every generation. Some changes we make. Some changes take place. They both call us to reimagine our resilience.
In a lot of ways, the changes, both good and bad, cause us to say—“Everything happens for a reason.” We’ve all heard it a thousand times, in a thousand different ways, from a thousand people. Other than “OK” and “Coke,” it’s probably the most common phrase in the world. No matter where we come from we all want to believe it. OK, then let me pour myself ...
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