“Observe the moth in its monumental fight for life, and do likewise. We gain life’s powers by knowing that eventually they will be taken away. There is beauty in this struggle. Murmurations of starlings occur only in the evening.”
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As a meditation on aging, I found Judith Viorst (author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) more convincing in Making the Best of What's Left
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