Nicholson BakerBut spending your life concentrating on death is like watching a whole movie and thinking only about the credits that are going to roll at the end. It’s a mistake of emphasis.
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When someone is wasting his or her time in thinking about death, they are not focusing on the present moment. They are focusing on the ending rather than living in the here and now. We can all agree that thinking about death is not very enjoyable. There is nothing fun about it. But if we spend our time worrying about what will happen in the end, then we miss out on all the amazing experiences that life has to offer, like falling in love or falling into a wonderful dream.
Source: The Anthologist
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