A life was a story, and a story was nothing more than a promise that something bad would happen. It was a promise that people would desire and want and ache and burn, but it was not a promise that they would find what they sought.

Matthew J. Hefti
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It is a common idea that a story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The story of our lives has a beginning and a middle, but there is no end. We will all die before the story ends. The people we love and the situations we get involved in have all been just that.

People loved us, people wanted us, people ached for us, and people burned for us. There is no guarantee that we will find what we seek during the course of our lives, but it is possible. Not everything is predictable or set in stone.

There are many things that will change over time and while you cannot control the passage of time, you can control your own life.

Source: A Hard And Heavy Thing

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