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What does it mean?
Outside of death, everything else like joy is liberty.
In plain terms
Death is the only certainty; joy is freedom.
What can you take from it?
Enjoy joy as freedom since death is the only limit.

Where it applies

  • pleasure
  • decision making
  • risk

Putting it to work

  • prioritize joy
  • accept mortality

Questions to consider

  • What else limits your liberty?

Another view

Death is not the only limit; others exist.

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