Finally I saw that everything had come to nothing. and gave it up. and took my old body and went out into the morning and sang.
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How to Find Meaning in the Face of Death
By Emily Esfahani Smith — 2017
The time between diagnosis and death presents an opportunity for “extraordinary growth.”
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