EXPIRATION

FAMOUS QUOTES

• "We bring our years to an end like a sigh. The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away."

Psalm 90:9-10

• "Love and do what you will"

  Augustine of Hippo
  

PERSONAL REFLECTIONS FROM THE EPISODE'S AUTHOR

• Wisdom teaches you to discover the ephemerality of life and the absurdity of striving to achieve all that we will leave behind, only for others who didn't toil for it to enjoy.

• Tomorrow is not yet here.

• Expiration will give us all a death sentence.

SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS

• Reflect on the story described in the episode about the donkey chasing a carrot tied to the end of a stick fixed above his head.

• Remember all the people who were with you throughout your life and who, due to some unforeseen circumstance, are no longer by your side. Describe the feelings this loss produces in your life.

• Do the same now with material possessions you no longer own and that you considered essential to your life.

• Compare yourself many years ago and reflect on the brevity of time.

• Carefully analyze the following image of a biological hourglass, clicking on it to enlarge it. Describe all the elements that comprise it and the feelings it generates in you:

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