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　　with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable，and that I should

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　　to live no longer than three to six months. They advised me to go home and get my 42

　　in order，which is doctors’ code for“prepare to

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　　”. Later that evening when the doctors

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　　the cells taken from my pancreas(胰腺)under a microscope，they started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is

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　　with surgery. I had the surgery and，46

　　，I’m fine now.

　　This was the closest I’ve been to facing death，and I hope it’s the closest I get for a few more decades. Death is the 47

　　we all share. No one has

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　　escaped it. And that is 49

　　it should be，because death is very likely the single 50

　　invention of life. It’s life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make

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　　for the new. Your time is

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　　，so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma(信条)—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of

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　　opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly，have the courage to

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