There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.

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Themes

  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it
  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back

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