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When parental love meets awareness of mortality

I look at my sleeping children and feel overwhelmed by how much I love them and how powerless I am to protect them from everything including death.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Deep love amplifies the pain of knowing that everything precious is temporary and vulnerable.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Heidegger's being-toward-death?”

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