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お父さんと一緒の時間を生きる事が命を受け取るって事なんだ。

I don't understand the "を生きる" being applied to a non-living thing like the
time you spent with your dad.

The "が命を受け取るって事なんだ" extends the first sentence into another part before I can
even understand the ending of the first part?

How do you break it down?
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Use of を生きる applied to a non-living thing
> 「お父{とう}さんと一緒{いっしょ}の時間{じかん}を生{い}きる事{こと} **が** 命{いのち}を受{う}け取{と}る **って事** なんだ。」

This sentence is in a very simple construct of:

> "Phrase A + **が** + Phrase B + という/っていう/って + **こと** + だ/なんだ/です/である"

which means:

> "Phrase A means none other than Phrase B."

A = "making the most of my time with my dad"

B = "taking the baton of life"

「～～ **を** 生きる」 means "to make the most of ~~". We often say
「今{いま}を生きる」、「現在{げんざい}を生きる」, etc. A cool expression to know.

> "To make the most of my time with my dad means (none other than) to take the
> baton of life (from him)."
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