Fascination with death

I've noticed something about myself. I tend to ask questions that have answers that lead to more questions. And I like it that way. I'm at this stage where I'm just hungry for knowledge, to know as much as I possibly can before I die. But recently it's my fascination with death that I have been fixed to.

My former mindset used to stand as: 'No point in learning anything because we are all going to die anyway.' This was before a touch from God. Whatever your set beliefs are, we must accept death. Death is part of life and life is only temporary. It's nothing to be feared.

I've noticed I am now purchasing books relating to death such as Veronika Decides to Die and Tuesdays With Morrie (both very inspirational novels). While one is about suicide, the other is about grasping every possible moment in your life. Neither of them are wrong on the ways in which they accept death.

If anything, I've learned that death is a significantly beautiful thing. It makes sure that we cannot take life for granted because it escapes us. If we embrace life and live in serenity, do everything we possibly can, have the best times of being alive, then we can also embrace death.

The only disagreement I have with death is that it can snatch people away from us at very inappropriate times. A lot of us won't live to die old, and the good die young. But again, part of life.

I've also been thinking a lot about euthanasia. We do have a right to live, so do we then possess the right to die? Whose to say "You've suffered enough in life, you may die if you choose" or "No you still have time to pull yourself through."?

Emotional and physical trauma can cause emotional and physical damage that someone may not want to live with. It actually is possible for someone to be content with dying, be happy that they are leaving the world because at the end of the day, it just isn't for them. Can you really tell someone otherwise?