An idea from Zhuangzi

A man lies dying while his friend wonders out loud what he will be turned into next, maybe a rat’s liver. The dying man is calm. Metal that jumped up in the furnace and demanded to become a famous sword would seem strange, he says, and so would he.

From Zhuangzi by Zhuangzi

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