Jan 25, 2021
The financer of Smith Tower made plans for a fourteen story building a few blocks from the shores of the Puget Sound. His family convinced him instead to build a tower twice as tall as the King Street Station clock tower. He died before the building was complete. full story
When I first heard this story I related to the compromise of a dream. I wondered how I had let others set my expectations for me. Now I realize the absolute meaning, we are mortal. I will treat each moment as an ends rather than a means.
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