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。