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The only thing that comes to mind,

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one of the few things that comes to mind,

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is, ah again, death, um,

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and the time when my partner

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Phoebe was um, diagnosed with cancer

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and then

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you know, it's a really weird thing

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to have a terminal illness or,

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um, to witness someone else have a terminal illness,

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because between all the denial,

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and "No, it's gonna be fine",

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and you know, believing, hoping, faith,

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there is this factor of time becoming tangible.

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And every minute and every second

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that you spend together

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all of a sudden becomes

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so incredibly precious

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that you can really taste it or feel it.

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And at the same time

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you want to forget about

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how precious the time is

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because then if you are

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aware of it you can't

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really enjoy spending it together.

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Um, and that's sort of, um,

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I guess, one of the tragedies of life.

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And um, the other story that

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I had to think about is:

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many many years ago when I

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was traveling all over Europe

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I was sitting on a hill in Spain

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overlooking the rolling hills

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down to the sea and

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the sun started to go down,

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and all the animals in the (laughs),

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in the county probably,

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started making sounds.

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The dog started barking,

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the sheep starting making

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their whatever sheep sounds...

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And goats, and the chickens,

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and everyone was like: auuwhhüü.

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And I was sitting on this hill

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and I was like so mesmerized

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by this one specific moment in time

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that I still remember it 30 years later.

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And

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it's such a beauty,

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that we wake up every morning

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and the day ends every day

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and that there's a cycle of time

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and we get to do it again

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and again and again.