How Do You Get Over Death?

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For some reason, the "quote" feature is not working for me, so excuse me....I had to do it old school:

" We are quite different on that point.  I see no advantage to having lived.  If I had not, I would not mind at all. "

~ Pyrrho

Well, of course not.  If you had never lived, you wouldn't be able to mind not living.

I have had a lot of pain in my life; more pain than joy, in fact.

But, having lived, my life is glad it existed.

My life has value to itself; even if it was not particularly "advantageous".

I accept if it has no value to anyone else.

And I can accept that it must end.

I find that quite interesting.  My life has been, overall, quite good.  I am very happy with my life at present.  I am happily married, to a woman who loves me, and I am doing well financially.  My health is good, and I enjoy many things.  My life has been better than the vast majority of people alive today, or, indeed, ever alive.  Yet I am not glad that I was born.  I do not see life as an advantage over never having been born.

You're right.  That is interesting.