gramilano

“Remem­ber­ing that I’ll be dead soon is the most import­ant tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expect­a­tions, all pride, all fear of embar­rass­ment or fail­ure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leav­ing only what is truly import­ant. Remem­ber­ing that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of think­ing you have some­thing to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to fol­low your heart.” – Stan­ford com­mence­ment speech 2005… con­tinue reading