The death rate is the same for us as for anybody...one person, one death, sooner or later.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Death is a universal human experience that eventually happens to everyone.
- In plain terms
- Everyone dies eventually, no matter who they are.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept mortality as a shared human condition.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does knowing you will die affect your choices?
- Does this idea comfort or disturb you?
Another view
Death rates differ across demographics and locations.
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