Make Peace With Death, Make Peace With Life | Quote of the Day by Michel de Montaigne, February 25th

Описание: “To begin depriving death of its greatest advantage over us, let us adopt a way quite contrary to the common one. Let us deprive death of its strangeness. Let us frequent it, let us get used to it. Let us have nothing more often in mind than death. We do not know where death awaits us, so let us wait for it everywhere. To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.” ~Michel de Montaigne

Most of us spend our lives trying not to think about death. We push it away, rename it, soften it, pretend it is far off. Montaigne suggests something radical instead. He says bring it closer. Make it familiar. Sit with it.

When we remember that life is finite, fear begins to lose its grip. Petty worries shrink. Approval from others matters less. The need to conform loosens. If death can come at any time, then we are free to live deliberately now. Free to choose courage over comfort. Free to speak honestly. Free to walk away from what enslaves us.

To practice death is not to be morbid. It is to be awake.

Quote shared by Bob Wells

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