Should it turn out there is nothing after the…

Should it turn out there is nothing after the grave, then in order to enjoy the gift of life you must accept the inevitability of its conclusion, and fretting only erodes the experience of whatever number of days you've been granted.

— from The Landing (Death) · Progresss Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse by Gregg Esaterbrook

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And here is the part for the skeptic in the family, because I have been one. Even if it should turn out that there is nothing at all past the grave, accepting the inevitability of the ending is exactly what frees you to enjoy the gift of the days you do have — because fretting over the end only erodes whatever number of days you were given. The human lifespan is, I will grant you, absurdly, almost insultingly short; one whole book of our scriptures even dares to say that the dead are more fortunate than the living, and the unborn more fortunate still, for not having seen the troubles done under the sun. — The Landing (Death)

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