“If you’re not doing something with your life, it doesn’t matter how long it is. If you’re doing something with your life, it doesn’t matter how long it is. Life does not consist of years lived, but of its usefulness.
If you are giving, loving, serving, helping, encouraging and adding value to others, you have a useful life”
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36525 days to live 
August 27, 2010 at 3:10 am
there’s a great w. s. merwin poem about passing the anniversary of your death every year without knowing it. the title escapes me at the moment. we’re all in the same boat, no doubt, but if we’re lucky we’ve got a warm body to wake up to next to us, and everyday a chance to give and receive small kindnesses.