Life Is Hard

Life is not a narrative “that swells and tautens until climax”; it’s not all about getting things done. Responsibility for justice need not rest on blame

Love need not be earned; grief is no
mistake; and the tempering of grief is not betrayal.

Other concepts we should leave behind: the concept of the best life as a guideline or a goal, of being happy as the human good, of self-interest divorced from the good of others.