The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

Fear of the end grows heavier when you are carrying things you did against your own sense of right. Most of that weight is not punishment from outside; it is the work of keeping a story about yourself that does not match what you did. Acting inside your conscience is quieter than it sounds, and it leaves nothing behind to manage.

When a choice is close, notice which option you would rather not describe to someone you respect. That reluctance is usually the answer, and it is cheaper to heed now than to carry. Where something is already done, the repair is amends where you can still make them.