I'm loving this thread. Death is such a taboo subject in our culture and that makes it so much worse than it needs to be. Other cultures don't have such a fear of death and just see it as a part of life. It's not the opposite of life, it's the opposite of birth. Birth is seen as this massively joyous occasion and death this absolutely horrible one. Sure, death is more sad, but I think it's out of proportion in our culture. Take away some of the taboo and it isn't half as scary. We sanitise death and hide it away with discreet funerals.. Pretend it isn't happening basically. Like anything that gets repressed and hidden, this creates fear. I say talk about it and get it out in the open!