Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Of all living things, only humans consciously anticipate death; the consequent need to choose how to behave in its face - to worry about how to die - distinguishes us from other animals. The need to manage death is the particular lot of humanity.
It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.
Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it's more or less inevitable.
I think that when we wrestle with death... we start fearing life, because then we come to terms with something that is inevitable.
Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.
Death is inevitable, but Life - that's the tricky bit where things happen.
If we ignore our death, we end up just going around completely oblivious to why we do the things we do!
No one can avoid death; it is inevitable. Therefore, I should create in my mind a kind of willingness and accepting for that event without any fear.
You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.