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We all have same beginning (BIRTH), and we will have same ending (DEATH). So how different can we be?

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Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

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Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.

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However, this is too harmonious, grand, and overwhelming a universe to believe it all on accident.

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I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. ...more

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.. I thought about him now and then, the things he had taught me about 'being human' and 'relating to others;, but it was always in the distance, as i...more

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I was cranked to a fifth gear, and everything I did, I did on a deadline.

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Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.

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I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own fame, I wrote about famous athle...more

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Had it not been for "Nightline," Morrie would have died without ever seeing me again. I had no good excuse for this, except the one that everyone thes...more

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The things you spend so much time on--all this work you do--might not seem as important. You might have to make room for some more spiritual things.

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After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not move quickly enough. No ...more

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And on a cold Sunday afternoon, he was joined in his home by a small group of friends and family for a 'living funeral'. Each of them spoke and paid t...more

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So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is becau...more

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..And because he was still able to move his hands - Morrie always spoke with both hands waving - he showed great passion when explaining how you face ...more