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When Breath Becomes Air: A Young Neurosurgeon Examines the Meaning of Life as He Faces His Death

By Maria Popova — 2016

“When you come to one of the many moments in life where you must give an account of yourself, provide a ledger of what you have been, and done, and meant to the world.”

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Embracing Mortality, Living Authentically

I considered those rich periods of life lost to anxiety and compulsive coping behavior. At the end of our life would we be inclined to say, “if I knew it was going to end, I could have enjoyed it?”

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Facing Own Death