Death is not something to be feared. But many misconceptions have been formed over time. Death is not a horrible destruction of our essensce, that we must fight to avoid for eternity. Nor is it a silent lover, for us to throw ourselves at, with cold arms and restful embraces. Quite simply, death is a passing, we leave this place, and go somewhere else. But mankind is also ashamed of this fear. Thus, we have tried to cover this fear with the statement of fearing HOW we will die. "I'm afraid of getting shot." "I'm afraid of drowning" and such. We have long been covering our fear of death with this fear of how death shall visit us, and now, we fear both.

However such fears of death give life a meaning, somewhat
indeed, many things in life give us a sense of meaning. fear, loss, inspiration, love. many others. they come together to form something much greater than the sum, that cannot be understood when you try to break it down into pieces.

this would give the impression that the purpose of life felt by many would be to live life, and overcome these fears and risks. that the purpose of life is to live life, not just survive. and yet, even those who do not do so, and do not feel the need to, still fear death. so the question is, what is the rest of our sense of purpose composed of?

there are many branches of life, all are vastly different. and yet, with simple emotions, wants and desires, human kind has been able to compose them all. does this mean that our sense of purpose is also composed of emotions? if so, is our purpose of life simply to feel these emotions?

please, feel free to give your thought, philosophy is not to establish one iron rule of thought, but to explore all schools of thought and opinion. It is to be used to see all wisdom, great or small, and to feel all experience, whether it be from the small child, or the aged man. Or from the tired teenager that no one expects these thoughts from in the first place.