Nothing is mine

The search for a path through life

Illustration: The Annunciation, workshop of Gerard David. Detroit Institute of Art.

I say at night that nothing is mine.

And I say it in the morning as well, because this is something that should be repeated to myself often so that I remember that even my life does not belong to me.

It's commonplace for people to speak of "their” wish. When I do this, I t…