The meaning of ichigo ichie is something like this: What we are experiencing right now will never happen again. And therefore, we must value each moment like a beautiful treasure.
“How then shall we live? Fully. Intentionally. Attentively. Lovingly.”
― The Divine Art of Dying: How to Live Well While Dying
― The Divine Art of Dying: How to Live Well While Dying
“If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature....”
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“Mortality teaches clinicians that there is more to doctoring than diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases, more even than saving lives. Mastery of physiological, pathological, and pharmacological knowledge and expertise is essential, but insufficient. Science only becomes medicine when it is applied with caring intention to promote the well-being of people — mortal people.”
― The Divine Art of Dying: How to Live Well While Dying
― The Divine Art of Dying: How to Live Well While Dying
“But secretly I knew I had been transformed, moved by the revalation that human beings create art, that to be an artist was to see what others could not.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
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