Even the perfect

As the orchestra and choir sang it in its original language, the translation flashed on the screen.

The most beautiful wither away. Even the most perfect die.

I was there to enjoy a Brahms concert, just some music and I walked away with that line from an years-old poem, Nänie.

The most beautiful wither away. Even the most perfect die.

In my all my attempts to be perfect, in all of my attempts to avoid mistakes, I will still come to the same fate as everyone else. Time will pass. I will pass away. Do I want the end of my life to come with a eulogy so short, because I never attempted anything? Or do I want it to be full, even it is a life that is full of mistakes?

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