Everyone thinks that death is so very awful, yet death is our best friend – 100 per cent reliable, first of all. Death does not care what you have accomplished in life. And even better: it does not care what you have not accomplished either. Death accepts you exactly as you are, so why on earth would you think life would not do the same?
Joschka Breitner, Slowing Down in the Fast Lane: Mindfulness for Managers398