Don’t worry about death, pay attention, read a lot, give up control, embrace imperfection.
Montaigne, like most educated minds of his day, was greatly inspired by the philosophy of the ancients, particularly Seneca, who insisted that salvation is to be found in paying full attention to the natural world, and Plutarch, who advised that the key to achieving peace of mind is in focusing on what is present in front of you in each given moment.
Montaigne’s greatest legacy, which Sarah Bakewell syntheses beautifully
If you fail to grasp life, it will elude you. If you do grasp it, it will elude you anyway. So you must follow it — and “you must drink quickly as though from a rapid stream that will not always flow.”
Majicman Notes 
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