This episode reflects on what happens when life interrupts our carefully arranged plans.
The Stoic reserve clause—“if nothing prevents me”—helps us plan without pretending the future belongs to us.
Shakespeare, Seneca, and Suzuki Shōsan deepen the point by bringing death into view, not as a morbid fixation, but as a reminder that even ordinary days are not guaranteed.
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