Friday, March 14, 2008

Death is not the ultimate tragedy in life

"Hope, faith, love, humor, and a strong will to live offer no promise of immortality,

only proof of our uniqueness as human beings and the opportunity to experience

full growth even under the grimmest circumstances. Far more real than the ticking
of time is the way we open up the minutes and invest them with meaning. Death is
not the ultimate tragedy in life. The ultimate tragedy is to die without discovering

the possibilities of full growth."

--Norman Cousins, Good Housekeeping, Nov. 1989, p. 92

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