The circe and the straight line

 "The Circle of Life".  That's what people say...and I guess it's true...when history is being looked at from the outside.  A new life breathes air, learns and grows and then the next generation is born as that previous life fades away...but for the that individual...that small one...it's a straight line... a life to live each moment and age...there's no do overs or second chances...time marches forward and with each tick of the clock a person changes and ages until then end...  sometimes it's a cliff and other times there's a slope down until dissolution..