From the Cosmic Tarot, the Eight of Wands; from the L'Oeil de Lotus, Death:
Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.
— Shunryu Suzuki
In our younger years, we eagerly hurdle toward adulthood, ready to be independent and make our own decisions. In middle age, we are busy with families, jobs, and social groups. Then as we reach elderhood, we begin to realize what we've actually been racing toward - Death. It dawns on us that doing more might not be as important as loving more, and accumulating things not as significant as being generous. Yet Death on the horizon doesn't have to dampen our enthusiasm for life, in fact we can begin to love it all even more fiercely.
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