Death

[Sam]

"We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghost include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massivley exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here" - Richard Dawkins, Unweaving The Rainbow

Personally I regard death as an inescapable truth in life, I do not fear it anymore than I do my next birthday, or the rising of the sun. I know simply one day my existence will cease, some may think that an empty view but on the contrary I believe it has the potential to inspire ... to lead a full life as it where.

The death of others close to me is somewhat different, their passing is regretably not as easy, while I still accept that it is natural and unalterable I still feel sadened without them, perhaps that it is to their credit that they left such an impresion? I think in the end it's something you have to accept and cope with, though I think If i felt nothing at their passing it would be somewhat worse.

Regards

Sam