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24. If I think too long about this life

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 12:26 AM

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that we all experience, it becomes absurd.
People arrive and people leave in an infinite rotation of the future covering up the past, all within a limited time frame, everyone on their own unknown journey to somewhere, maybe contributing something along the way for future generations, but for what real purpose?
I don't know what to believe about what happens after we die. I imagine that nothing happens at all.
But if we could feel an incredible moment of relief that our life is finally over, that would be the greatest gift.

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