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Life begins not at 20 or 40 or 60
It begins the moment you find meaning in it.

Life can be a big joke
Not to those who joke about it
But to those who never do.

Many die before they can even begin to live.
They lead meaningless lives.

Others continue to live even after they die
Because they continue to give meaning to the lives of others.

Some people are noticed
After they are gone.

Some people cannot live to the full
Without emptying the lives of others.

Others live life to the brim
But push others to the brink.

One can dream of a fuller life
Only if one lives fully

It is one is threatened by death
That one begins to appreciate
The significance of life.

Better to die than to live for one's self alone,
For to live for one's self alone
Is to cause the death of the other.

DEATH is more universal than LIFE;
Everyone DIES but not everyone LIVES.