The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

I think I've always had a sort of fantasy or dream that I would like to make a living playing music. It seemed to be the most noble thing I could imagine. I had no idea how it was done but I always had this belief that music, no matter who you were playing to, was always going to be nourishing to me.

Do not forget you will never live forever.

I know my time will come soon enough, but I will not dwell on it. What is the purpose? We might as well dwell on the work of our teeth or on the mechanics of our walk. It is there, it will always be there, and I don't intend to spend my glorious hours looking over my shoulder to see death's icy face.