James PattersonThe funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.
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The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective. It makes you realize that all the petty things in life are really trivial when you’re in the cross hairs of a bullet. If you think about the fact that you’re going to die in a matter of minutes, it makes you think about your life, what you did with it, and if there were things you wanted to accomplish.
Source: The Angel Experiment
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