"To exist in this vast universe for a speck of time is the great gift of life. It is our only life ... the greatest value we can have. Cherish it for what it truly is ... Rise up and live it.”

 

"To exist in this vast universe for a speck of time is the great gift of life. It is our only life. The universe will go on, indifferent to our brief existence, but while we are here, we touch not just part of that vastness, but also the lives around us. Life is the gift each of us has been given. Each life is our own and no one else's. It is precious beyond all counting. It is the greatest value we can have. Cherish it for what it truly is . . . Your life is yours alone. Rise up and live it.” 

          ~ author Terry Goodkind, quoted as his obituary.

[Hat tip James Valliant]

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