Death and the Meaning of Life

And other trivial concerns

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I don’t know if it is a symptom of the aging process that our thoughts may gravitate more to the subject of death and our own dwindling mortality. Perhaps it is just me. But then thoughts about death have never been far away.

In my twenties, during my mental health training, it translated to periods of hypochondria. A little knowledge is a…