That is the inescapable math ...

That is the inescapable math of tragedy and the multiplication of grief. Too many good people die a little when they lose someone they love. One death begets two or twenty or one hundred. It's the same all over the world.
 Ben Sherwood

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On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting.
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In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life.
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