I often talk about death.

People think that it’s weird.

It makes them uncomfortable.

Death just isn’t something that we talk about

at least not in the Western society in which I live.

Here, we ignore death.

We hide from it.

We pretend like it doesn’t exist.

We believe that it’s an abstract concept

that happens to others but not ourselves.

People think that I talk about death because I want to die

and they worry for me.

In reality I talk about death to remind myself

and to remind others

that death is real

and that it’s waiting for us all.

I think that we take our lives for granted.

At least I do.

But there are consequences

of not thinking about death.

When we believe that we will live forever

we never have to ask ourselves

“what is the point.”

We never have to ask ourselves

“what is the point of life,” or

“why am I here.”

Someone who ignores death

doesn’t need to change or improve themselves.

They don't need to make themselves better.

A person who ignores death can be miserable,

mediocre

and mundane.

They can be afraid.

A person who ignores death

can allow their fear to control their life.

They can put off things that they want to do.

Put them off for another time

which ultimately may never come.

However,

when we acknowledges death

and makes it a real possibility,

we can no longer do such things.

We realize that there is no time to be afraid

There is no time to put things off.

No time to wait

because death is waiting for us.

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