Have You Seen Luis Velez?

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

“Try not to be so sorry, my young friend. Most of what you regret in this world is not of your own making.”

Living long is a gift denied to many, and so it comes with a responsibility to make the most of it. At very least to appreciate it. People gripe about growing older—their aches and pains, how much harder everything is—as if they had forgotten that the alternative is dying young.”

The world is terrible and wonderful at the same time. One doesn’t negate the other, but the wonderful keeps us in the game. It keeps us moving forward.

“After all, the only thing that hurts more than tears shed is tears unshed.”