Tully, excellent point.
My own perspective is that I don't see myself on my deathbed wishing I had jumped out of an airplane; I see myself as wishing I had read more books or had seen more stage productions.
Sailing would be nice.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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