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Apr 2016
Another celebrity has died and we're all crying how unfair and cruel life is.  Telling 2016 to go **** itself... But maybe we should stop whining, maybe we should take this moment and appreciate how lucky we are to just be alive.  We're on a planet that happens to be just the right distance from a sun, just the right size to support life as we know it.  And if you're reading this you were the first little swimmer that shot out of your dads **** to make it to your moms eggs, congratufuckinlations on that!  Life can be great and life can be horrible and horrible can always get worse.  So every time a celebrity dies, lets stop complaining how unfair it is.  Lets be grateful they were the fastest swimmer, that they existed.  Lets be thankful we heard their music, read their books, memorized their poetry.  That we were moved by their art and craft, inspired by their work.  Death may have taken their bodies, but their music and art and souls belong to time and the world.  Celebrate and be grateful for the gifts they gave.  All of our lifes are finite, treat all your friends and family and loved ones with gratitude for just existing and being a part of your life.  None of us are safe from death, no ones life will be free of pain and sickness... mistakes will be made and hearts will be broken.  Like I said earlier, life is a circumstance of miracle and luck.  So live and learn, get hurt and grieve, love and love,  fall whenever you're lucky enough to find it... even if its with a stranger on the other side of the ocean.
Akira Chinen
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Akira Chinen  122/M/texas
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