“Everything ends, and Everything matters. Everything matters not in spite of the end of you and all that you love, but because of it. Everything is all you’ve got…and after Everything is nothing. So you were wise to welcome Everything, the good and the bad alike, and cling to it all. Gather it in. Seek the meaning in sorrow and don’t ever turn away, not once, from here until the end. Because it is all the same, it is all unfathomable, and it is all infinitely preferable to the one dreadful alternative.” EndsMatterTurnsWiseSorrowWelcomeAlternativesSpiteUnfathomable Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“All of which raises the question – your task, burden, privilege, call it what you like – a question which men and women, great and not-so of every color, creed and sexual persuasion have asked since they first had the language to do so, and probably before: Does Anything I Do Matter?” MenFirstsDoeMatterLanguageColorMen And WomenTasksRaisesPrivilegeBurdenCreedsPersuasion Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“The urge to move is natural and understandable. As will be the case throughout your life, no matter how long or brief, the choice is, in the end, yours. Simply bear in mind that most every choice will have consequences, and in this instance those consequences would likely be quite grave.” MindLongEndsMatterMovingChoicesNaturalCasesBearsConsequenceGravesInstanceUrges Author:Ron Currie Jr.