The day of your birth leads you to death as well as to life.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Birth initiates the journey toward death as much as life.
- In plain terms
- From birth you start dying as well as living.
- What can you take from it?
- Life and death begin together at birth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does birth remind you of death?
- Are you living knowing you will die?
Another view
People often feel young at birth without seeing death nearby.
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