Death in the Family

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“As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also it's meaning. Understanding the world requires you to keep a certain distance from it… throughout our childhood and teenage years we strive to attain the correct distance from objects and phenomena. We read, we learn, we experience, we make adjustments. Then one day we reach the point where all the necessary systems have been put in place. That is when time begins to pick up speed. It no longer meets any obstacles, everything is set, time races through our lives, the days pass by in a flash…”