(July 24, 1981 – July 23, 2023)

Today I gave this eulogy at the memorial service for my friend Aric, who died three weeks ago. Memento mori, meditation on death, is an ascetic discipline after all. Sometimes you choose it. Sometimes it chooses you. But it’s something we all need to do if we want to live our lives in the real world, where all is mortal, even our friends. Hopefully if anyone else finds themselves in that situation, this might help them grieve with the right perspective, too.

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