I found the dissection of his comfortable fear of death and his time between his current age and what still remains a mystery. The perspective he presents almost seems surreal due to his age, whether I will approach the a friends terminal brain cancer as apathetic and the state of my existence. I liked the shifts between mundanity and philosophical questions about the state of our language and what it means about us and to us. I identify as an introvert, as constant interaction tends to exhaust me, however sometimes I think to much to myself. Therefore a line that I particularly liked and connected to was
"You may sit this way for several minutes till the
void unsettles you a bit and you become impatient
with the intrusion of an awareness of yourself. "
An awareness of existence is necessary at times but to think about it before going to bed disrupts your sleeping cycle. He also talks about how we concentrate on feeling. Being about to Feel and Empathy makes us human.
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