The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death. It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: This is water. This is water. It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out. ✨ This Is Water. David Foster Wallace's commencement speech at Kenyon College, www.youtube.com. May 21, 2005.
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