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What does it mean?
Beethoven expresses hope that he will regain his hearing after death.
In plain terms
He hopes to hear again in heaven.
What can you take from it?
Hope remains even after life ends.

Where it applies

  • coping with loss
  • listening to music
  • facing mortality

Putting it to work

  • accept limitations
  • find hope
  • express feelings

Questions to consider

  • What would you like to experience in the afterlife?
  • How do you cope with loss?

Another view

Death does not provide physical remedies for disabilities.

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  2. The day-to-day exhausted me!

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  3. The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse - it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

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