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The Essence of Life Is Incompleteness — and the Meaning of This Very Moment ..

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  1. 미완의 책 『숨결이 바람 될 때』가 전하는 현재의 의미

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    • 신경외과 의사 폴 칼라니티가 암 투병 중에 쓴 미완의 에세이를 소개한다.
    • 마침표를 찍지 못한 책 자체가 그가 마주한 현실의 본질을 보여준다.
    • 아내 루시의 에필로그는 임종의 순간과 사랑의 연속을 담담히 적는다.
    • 그는 죽음을 묘사하는 데 그치지 않고 죽음을 정면으로 헤쳐 나갔다.
    • 이 책이 주는 가장 큰 가르침은 지금 이 순간, 곁에 있는 사람의 의미다.

 

 

 

Incompleteness

is an essential element of the reality we face.

 

An important fact about death is

that it is by no means a special event.

 

It is simply tragic enough,

and ordinary enough to be imagined.

 

We can show our fragility honestly,

and through that, console ourselves.

 

"We may never reach perfection, but like an asymptote that draws endlessly closer to zero,

we can believe that we are forever moving toward it." — When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDJTfaR5zyE

The lesson of this book. The meaning of this very moment, the meaning of the people who are with me right now — that's what it is, I think.

This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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