All the people in the world have something in common - they're all going to die some day.Humans always like to point out how they're a dominant species on earth in terms of intelligence.Dominant over plants and animals.Although intelligence is a great gift, there are cases when it can become a curse.One of those cases is the fear of death.Intelligence always brings along self awareness and self awareness is the main cause of our fear of death.We are aware of our own existence, but we are also aware that it will end.Why? Because death is very real.Every day we witness people dying of old age.The logical conclusion would be that we are also going to grow old and die someday.So that's what fuels our fear of death.Reality.The fear of death is perfectly normal.It's common to all people and it's even desirable, because if you don't fear death, that means that something is not right with you.Death is inevitable and so is the fear of it.So, you can choose two ways of coping with it.The first way is to think about death in a negative way and to panic like 'I won't be alive anymore, OMG what am I going to do?'.This way causes depression and self pity.This is not a good way to cope with death because it makes you unhappy while you're still alive.The second way (the right way) would be to understand that death is one of the most important parts of life.You have to die.You have to die because this is the nature's way of clearing the old and making way for the new.Try to imagine that life is like a train.A train of life that never stops and goes forever.Now imagine that you have won the 'gift of life' train ticket on the 'the lottery of life' and that you have boarded on the train.Now, as we all know, train tickets don't last forever so you'll have to get off the train at some point in the future.Well, death is that moment when you walk off the train.The point of this example is to understand life as a GIFT that has been given to us.In other words, don't be sad because you're going to die, but be happy because you were given the chance to live in the first place! Life is a great gift and we should all be thankful for it.All the living people on earth are born as winners.You are also a born winner.Why? Because out of the 500 million sperm cells that your father has ejaculated, only you were strong enough to swim to your mom's egg cell.You need to consider yourself as a tiny wheel in the clock of life.You are very tiny, but without you the clock would not be the same.Also you need to know that when we die, all the material stuff that makes up our bodies is used to create new life.So, we're in fact living on in other organisms, plants and animals and even other people.We are just not alive in our current form anymore.Besides, why would you want to live forever? Imagine if you were only a 100 year old.What would you do? Your friends are gone.Your husband/wife is dead.Your entire generation is dead.Your body is weak and you feel alone.All of that is a nature's way to say 'It's time to go' because death is a perfectly normal process in a cycle of life.It's just very inconvenient that we (humans) are smart enough to be aware of it.Although the fear of death is perfectly normal, try not to think about death, but enjoy every second of your life.Because you have only got one.
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