(November 1, 2013 at 2:48 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: I understand people not fearing their own deaths. But do you fear other people's deaths? Like your family and friends.
I don't fear them as in I'm afraid of them happening, but I do fear them as in I don't know what I would do if they did happen, if that makes sense. I've lost two friends at young ages, so I am under no delusion that my loved ones can't disappear tomorrow. I have, however, come to accept the losses that came with those deaths, and I think it's helped me gain a better perspective on my own.
The best way to deal with fears is to confront them, so I think if people simply tried to understand their death and what it means, the human race wouldn't be so afraid of the subject.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell