life before death

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The capital-T Truth is about life before death.

It is about the real value of a real education, 
which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, 
and everything to do with simple awareness; 

awareness of what is so real and essential, 
so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we 
have to keep reminding ourselves over and over:

"This is water."
"This is water."

It is unimaginably hard to do this, 
to stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and 
day out.

 

—David Foster Wallace

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