> otherwise I’ll live like I’m immortal until I’m not Yeah. I recall a cancer surgeon commenting, roughly, that they thought people with an early onset, and t

> otherwise I’ll live like I’m immortal until I’m not Yeah. I recall a cancer surgeon commenting, roughly, that they thought people with an early onset, and then a long life, were the lucky ones. And among the saddest, those healthy until blindsided by discovering they were mortal. And always had been. But now had little time to live shaped by that realization. As with many things, it can be cheaper to learn from others' experiences. Or to notice and successfully learn from hints in one's own. But it can be hard. I was friends with someone with a large extended family. So funerals were recurrent. Some expected, some randomized blows. For days after, it was easier to treasure time, life. But with passing weeks, the effect would decay. Easier to be distracted. To forget that some very few things are important, and most not. Until the next funeral.