"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive." - Jack London, "The Call of the Wild"

Regression to the animal. Taking it all for granted. Disrespect for the beauty of nature. When I reach the summit of life, I don't have time to appreciate it.

Forgetting that one is alive. Funny that it should be such a beautiful thing.