As I get older and lose more and more people I love from family and beloved friends I really really try to see every moment of my life with clarity and the hard fact that its not a matter of if I die but when I die seeps into my conscience because when I was younger it was in my sub conscience. As the days get shorter Im keenly aware of how short our time is here. I try every day I wake up to really see the beauty.

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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"