"On meaning, loss, and rewriting the script of your life"
_On meaning, loss, and rewriting the script of your life_ Dear readers, Good morning, everybody. Have you heard this quote? *Life Is a Beautiful Play, But With a Badly Written Second Part* The line is often attributed to Anton Chekhov: _“Life is a beautiful play, but with a badly written second part.”_ He never intended it as cynicism. He was dying of tuberculosis, watching his own plot twist toward an ending he did not choose. Yet the sentence captures something we all feel somewhere around our 30s, 40s, or after a major loss: the first act made sense, the second act feels messy. Sometimes it can be terribly messy.. If we take Chekhov’s metaphor seriously, then wisdom is not about denying the bad writing. It is about learning how to act well even when the script disappoints us. *Act I: The Beauty We’re Promised* ...
