Sand Life (Time) is like sand: all we can do is watch in amazement while it’s slipping through our fingers.
Eternal life Most people wish for eternal life. What a hell that would be!! Most of us don’t deserve the time that’s given to us.
Self-forgetfulness At the core of all human activities is self-forgetfulness, as a device for dealing with the temporal nature of our lives. https://medium.com/meta-life/self-forgetfulness-9caff04b2f6
Life In your thirties, you believe that life is still in front of you; In your forties, you still believe that, but a suspicion starts to creep in; In your fifties, you are wondering where it’s gone.