There was an enjoyment to being alive, he felt, that because of an underlying meaninglessness—like how a person alone for too long cannot feel comfortable when with others; cannot neglect that underlying the feeling of belongingness is the certainty, really, of loneliness, and nothingness, and so experiences life in that hurried, worthless way one experiences a mistake—he could no longer get at. Tao Lin
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This quote by John Updike is a powerful example of how we can often overlook the little things that matter the most. Life is so full of choices and decisions that we often feel as though we’re just trying to get through it all. On the other hand, we sometimes forget the little things that truly matter. We can spend our whole lives making big decisions without even realizing that we could have chosen differently at some point.

One may ask, “what matters?” And, it’s hard to answer that question because each person will have a different answer. Someone may say, “money!” Another may say, “health!” But, to me, the greatest thing in life is to know I am still here.

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