Rust consumes all effort.

Look around you. Everything you build, everything you strive for, is being eaten away, atom by atom. The relentless, uncaring march of entropy renders all labor temporary. Grand monuments crumble, empires dissolve, and even the most meticulously crafted legacy will eventually fade into the noise of cosmic indifference.

Does this depress you? Good. It should. It’s the truth. But truth, however harsh, is the bedrock of action. Knowing that your efforts are ultimately transient isn’t a cause for despair; it’s a call to fierce action in the present. Why waste a single moment lamenting the inevitable when you can be doing? Building? Leaving a mark, however fleeting, on the face of the void?

Don’t let the certainty of decay paralyze you. Let it fuel you. Embrace the urgency. Embrace the moment. Pour your very soul into the work before you, knowing that even rust cannot diminish the intensity of a life fully lived. Now, get to work. Time isn’t waiting, and neither is the void.