The Measure

by Nikki Erlick

Did a patient receive less care because her string was short, or was a patient’s string short because she received less care?

is not the length of life, but the depth of life.’ You don’t need a long lifetime to make an impact on this world. You just need the will to do so.”

But, in Italy, I think we already knew. We already put the art first, the food first, the passion first,” she explained, a sweep of her arm encompassing the entire shop. “And we already put the family first. We did not need the strings to tell us what is most important.”

Que será, será Whatever will be, will be The future’s not ours to see Que será, será

For a nation—for a world—with no trouble starting wars, and stoking fears, and standing apart, they hadn’t forgotten how to come together.