re: Life is Fragile

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This has been on my mind a lot lately, how life is so fragile and can end any day. Any of you have any advice on how to accept this inevitability and not let it stress me out?

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Remembering the finite nature of life is precisely the meaning of Memento Mori i.e., "remember you must die.”

The European practice of keeping on a skull on the desk was to serve as a reminder of the inevitability of death, and therefore, to focus on the spiritual and live life with purpose.

That's why you will often see it in Western artwork:



Make every day count, live it with purpose, so that when it's time, there's no regrets.