Life is precious only because it ends. Think about it--it's true. If we lived forever, life would eventually become mundane and boring and worthless. But since life is so fleeting, so impermanent, we value it with everything we are. In a sense, it is everything we are.
There are very few things that truly last forever. Take love. It reputedly is undying--however, people spend much their lives in worry that the person they love will one day no longer return the same feelings. Thus, love is treasured. Take time, or family, or even roller coaster rides. These things would not matter as much if they never ended.
But they do end. These things will most assuredly end.
Value what you have now. You never know when it will be gone.
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