As death, when we come to consider it
closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few
years such close relationships with this best and truest friend of mankind that
death's image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very
soothing and consoling, and I thank my God for graciously granting me the
opportunity … of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our
true happiness. I never lie down at night without reflecting that – young as I
am – I may not live to see another day. Yet no one of all my acquaintances
could say that in company I am morose or disgruntled. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dying makes what is left of living seem precious.
The dying, and those about to die, feel that these last moments must be made
beautiful. They cannot be permitted to include the bitterness and the enmities
of the living that seem so inexhaustible. So often we hear people who, in
dying, resign the old enmities and ask and grant forgiveness. Through such
forgiveness they help to make dying beautiful. And, incidentally, they offer a
lesson to those who go on living the apparently inexhaustible life. - John Daniel Barry
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