Death "Somebody Should Tell Us, Essay

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Grieving over lost loved ones wouldn't be as intense, it would be more like saying good bye to a loved one that you know you'll be seeing each other soon, rather than the thought that you may never be able to see them again.

Instead, with the uncertainty, each moment of life, for me, is precious. The self-inventory really brought this point home to me. This was especially true with the question regarding the 82-year-old, Alzheimer's patient who was internally bleeding, potentially fatally, and the level of care I would hope they received. I selected "An all-out attempt at rescue." Life, at any age, and no matter what disease the individual has, is a gift. Who should have the right to cut a person's life short, to judge its quality lacking? If there were no life after death, how cruel is it to snuff out a person's existence.

In the end, death is scary because it is completely unknown.
Even those who report having a near-death experience don't offer comfort. Instead, the spiritual sensations they've experienced may simply be physiological effects of death. That white light might all be in our head. For this reason, many of us turn to religion for comfort. However, when we look back at ancient religions and the beliefs and rituals they employed to make themselves feel more secure, we see how naive they were. In one thousand years, will society look back and think we're as equally naive? This reinforces, for me, how precious life truly is. No matter what age or condition, each day of life should be cherished. As Pope Paul IV surmised, we should all live life like we are dying, every minute of every, single day, for we don't know when we've experienced our last tomorrow, and we have no guarantees what lies on the other side.

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