• "Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, Morieris." Now, this bell tolling softly for another, says to me: Thou must die. We've been reading the metaphysical poets as of late, namely John Donne. For those of you who haven't read his Meditation 17, I hope that you would consider doing so. It gives quite a bit of insight concerning death. This is what I've learned: You are going to die, as are we all. Accept it. Some will die sooner than later. Learn from those that have passed before you. Treat them with respect, in the knowledge that you too will one day follow in their footsteps. Each time someone passes away, we all die, for we are all connected because we are all human and all share the common lot of man: death. Every death that we witness presages our own. "Therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." John White, You're free now. I hope that, through your death, you have brought many to life.

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