The newspaper carried a small obituary with a photo. I spent hours wondering how things might have been different. What if I would have had the courage to give her the letter? Never again I thought. Never again would I lack courage; never again would I coast, relax, put off, think about, or delay something that I believed in pursuing. I learned to live passionately and in the moment; I learned that life can change in an instant.

Leif Steiner, What I Learned This Year #28

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