We always want more, he thought, we always take our past successes for granted and assume they point the way to future success. But the universe does… - Iain Banks

Itz a very strainje feelin wakin up alive when u wer fooly expectin 2 b ded.

I have buffed and polished my medals for decades of steady, dedicated watchfulness," the marshal continued, clasping her hands behind her head as she leaned back and relaxed, legs crossed, "counted and re-counted my medals for outstanding work in simulations and exercises, carefully rearranged my medals for heroic bravery under virtual fire, and even found room for my many, many medals for exemplary valour in the face of fellow officers coveting the same promotions as I.

We are largely the sum of all we’ve done, and to dispose of that knowledge would be to stop being one’s self.