And ultimately, as the parable of the open and closed hand suggests, we must confront the inevitability of our own demise, losing ourselves as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be.

• 最终，就像张开和闭合的手一样，我们必须面对自身的死亡，失去原有的自我，失去我们所有的一切或是我们所梦想的一切。