"Inside the body, or beyond the body, there is something absolute and unchanging. The human life is all one thing..." - pg. 223
People don't change, they grow. Everytime we overcome an obstacle, experience a miracle, learn something new, we are only adding to our life, not replacing the old. As much as we wish we could, we cannot separate the good from the bad. A complete life is made of both. A funeral is just as enriching as a wedding. If we refuse ourselves the ability to feel sadness, we are refusing ourselves life. Sometimes, looking at old photographs, I wish I could be that little girl again. But she is still an intergral part of me. And she will be when I'm eighty. I find this comforting. Whether it is something inside of me or beyong me, human life cannot be altered, reversed, or in any sense edited.
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