How do we leave it all behind?

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PROPHECY 
 
The chair is empty.
The desk is clear.
The computer is closed.
There is silence now.
 
What was started
has now finished.
Incomplete, unsatisfactory,
unfulfilled and unread.
 
The greatest of plans.
The biggest of hopes.
The widest of ambition.
Have all come to nothing.
 
And this is how it is.
And how it should be.
For all else is vanity.
All else is foolish.
 
To see the future
is a gift of prophecy,
and to accept the present
is a gift of love.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1. What will your office be like when you close the door for the last time?
​2. What will be left unfinished?
3. How do you feel about this?

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Day 582 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises