Roman philosopher, Seneca said the day which we fear…
Roman philosopher, Seneca said the day which we fear is our last but is the birthday of eternity.
— from The Landing (Death) · Hope, Not Fear by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
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The mindset is this: acknowledging mortality is not morbid — it is liberating. Seneca turned the whole fear inside out and called the day we dread as our last the very birthday of eternity. Goethe agreed in his own key, calling this life the childhood of our immortality. — The Landing (Death)
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