Death
Yesterday was a sad day. One of our neighbors, a good man, died. He was always very friendly and kind to us.
I got home right as the EMTs were arriving, and I saw the whole process of trying to revive him. It is quite a sobering thing, seeing how absolutely helpless we are in the face of death. Our western civilization has made astounding progress when it comes to medicines and surgery and health, but once someone is dead, that’s it. Nothing you can do is going to bring them back.
Better to go to the house of mourning
Than to go to the house of feasting.
For that is the end of all men;
And the living will take it to heart.