You’re going to die.
How scary is that? Could anything compare to the deep, soul-wrenching fear you should be experiencing from contemplating this fact? There is an old saying that only death and taxes are inevitable. That’s just a joke though. Not everyone pays taxes.
You will die though. It is absolutely certain. The time of your death is approaching and you will not escape. Stabbed. Drowned. Cancer. Heart-attack. Slaughtered in some manner you cannot predict. Why aren’t you screaming all the time? This is an emergency!
Probably because you believe in something. You choose to hope that some god will take your soul, give it hug and set it down in some heavenly place. Or maybe you think you can come back to Earth albeit with no memories of this life now. (Would that really be you anymore? Without your memories?) Maybe you’re just resigned to the belief that when the lights go out, you’re just gone. Boom. Nothing.
But no matter what you believe, you could be wrong.
One thing is for sure though. You try not to think about it much. Not just about your own death. Your family’s. Your friend’s. The people that you love and who love you back. All will be struck down. They are all going to die, leaving only a memory. And that won’t even last very long.
Of course, you could be one of those depressed people who do think about death all the time. But that just makes you mentally ill so you’re screwed anyway.
Think about this. It’s really important.