With our births we are only promised physical death; the grim reaper patiently walks by our side, methodically digging our grave, yet we do not know if he is shoveling out our grave slowly with a teaspoon or rapidly with a backhoe. ... Although he may of thought that he had death all mapped out, he apparently didn't when it came to the end. ... The external world (including our own bodies) on the other hand, is mostly beyond our control; therefore the gods have some control over what happens there. ... Moreover, we are troubled and discontented when we desire something in the external ...

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