Stride out

Stride out

quietly and confidently,

into the Year of the Earth Dog

always loyal to cause.

"Death ...."

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Anais Nin

Death never takes a wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Jean de La Fontaine

"Find ecstasy in life ...."

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Emily Dickinson

"Knowing that you don't know ...."

Knowing that you don’t know is superior.

Not knowing wisdom is sickness.

The sage is not sick because he knows that his sickness is sickness.

Since he knows that his sickness is sickness, then he’s not sick.

Lao Tzu

"When you die ...."

When you die God and the angels will hold you accountable for all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself.

Anonymous