Death and Taxes

Dear John Dear,

Yeah I have a good question sir. I've gotten pretty involved in talk about life, death, love, etc., but I still am terrified of the idea of death. Even though I know it will happen to every single one of us, I can't except it. I don't understand it, so why would I want to accept the ONLY inevitable thing that will happen to me if I don't understand what's going to happen to me? It makes my life negative and stressful.

Please Help,
Staying Alive (CP)


Dear Alive,

You kinda answered your own question. The best reason to simply accept it is just so you won't stress and be all negative like. Just think of it this way, If you never did anything that could possibly kill you then you literally would never do ANYTHING! I mean even staying in bed all day will cause bed soars, and eating could make you choke. Bathing could make you slip and break your neck, and you can accidentally smother in your sleep.
If there was a way to count every persons near death experiences then everyones number would be over a billion and thats only the first ten years of your life.
The biggest plus to accepting death allows you to take adventures and have fun. Because Like you said its inevitable, everyone will die at some time. So you have to enjoy the time you have left because as far as you know you may die in the next ten minutes. Now which would you rather do? Would you sweat over the next ten minutes, or would you have a laugh with a good friend?
You gotta treat every minute as your last, food will taste sweeter and you life will be full of fun, friends, and memories.
I have asked myself many times what I would do if I was told when exactly I would die. Would I try to stop it or count every second till it happens? No, I would like to think that I would make every second count! I would enjoy those last years, months, second. Because I know I have friends, family, and good memories that will allow myself to live on forever. Thats the only true way to be immortal. To leave a piece of yourself in the hearts of those who love and care about you. If you are in the hearts and memories of those people you will never die, you will live forever in their hearts and memories, and those stories will pass on to the next generation and so on after that.
So Make 'em count, and just think about the type of memories you wish to leave after your gone.

Live Long and Prosper,
John Dear


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