Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That

While this thought may be nice for some, it can be discomforting for others. Knowing of Death’s presence can motivate us to do great things, but many of us would prefer not to think about the fact that we could die at any moment. As editors of our List of Human Experience, there’s something scary about the thought that Life writes with a pen and De... See more

That’s just Death doing some housekeeping so that Life has space to make her revelations known.

And this pain stings the hardest when Death removes our experiences in the form of our loved ones.

Contemplating the shortness of life keeps us grounded in pursuing the goals that matter to us now rather than later.

The misconception we have is that Death works with a scythe.

(These) Ranges of experiences, whether good or bad, are all a part of this very existence that we have been gifted.

While performing a deep dive on death can seem like a difficult thing to do, I’ve found that contemplating death in this manner actually teaches us what it means to live a fuller life. There are many perspectives that can be shared here, but I think the key takeaways are the following:

As complicated as it may seem, there are only two editors of this document.

We may not consciously realize it, but the presence of Death’s editing abilities guides much of what we do today.