A quote by my favorite author

"Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life. This is what makes us human. But it comes with a costly price: the wound of mortality. Our existence is forever shadowed by the knowledge that we will grow, blossom, and inevitably, diminish and die." (Irvine D. Yalom "Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death" 2008)