[Nashe]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Thanks for posting this. I do feel like this a lot of the time - as if there isn't much that will get me "up in arms". I thought it was just me getting old(er) and complacent, but if Bertrand Russell described it, it's a real "thing" I guess.

I thought this quote really captured it nicely, at least for me:

"An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. The man who, in old age, can see his life in this way, will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things he cares for will continue. And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases, the thought of rest will not be unwelcome. I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do and content in the thought that what was possible has been done."