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“I'm scared of dying.”
Fear of death is one of the oldest human experiences. It isn't weakness — it's awareness. But when the fear of dying stops you from living, it has taken from you the very thing you're afraid to lose. Meeting death honestly reduces its power over your days.
Your Practice
Write one page — not for anyone else — about what specifically you fear losing. Then write one page about what you still want to do while you're here. Read both. Most of what you fear losing points directly at what's worth protecting. Let that second list guide today.
The Architects
“Let death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible, be daily before your eyes; but chiefly death: and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.”
— Epictetus, Enchiridion, Chapter 21 (Elizabeth Carter translation; All the Works of Epictetus, Wikisource)