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rosemary010 · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 4

I am afraid of death. And I think most of us could not face death because we lack courage. Although we know death is unpredictable and common, we do fear that moment. Because at the last minute we�ll have a lot of regrets, may be some of the dreams have not been accomplished. It�s the time for us to be apart away from our beloved family and friends. The time limit is unbearable. Only at that time we realize we had wasted a lot of time, we should cherish every seconds. The feeling of leaving someone is a painful experience. But if there is no death, we will not know what the meaning of life is.

yukinaaaaa · Joined: 16 May 2010 Posts: 2 Location: Japan

I am afraid of death, too. I think that death is to lose everything. So I think that there is no heaven. To begin with, who invented �Sanzu no Kawa� and �heaven�? I do not believe such things. I think that no one looked them, and if you look them, you have already been dead!

I lost my great-grandmother about three years ago. At that time I thought that I cannot meet her forever and I do not want to die. And I thought that I do not want to lose my relative, too. I understand that people die someday. So I want to die a peaceful death in my power.

I am afraid that I cannot meet my friend, family, and so on. And I have many things to want to do. I want to die after I am satisfied with my life. So I do not want to die now.

hideka · Joined: 08 Dec 2010 Posts: 1 Location: japan

Honami9 · Joined: 06 Dec 2010 Posts: 1

I am studying Japanese history in college. There, I can understand the history and culture of even different age that I hadn�t been born yet. But if I died, I can never know how this world become in future. When I think so, I fear death. Now, it�s natural for me to be here and feel everything, so I cannot imagine the world I�m not in.
And, When I think of the death of person I need, for example, my family, my friends, my pet and my favorite artist and so on. In fact, I may fear the death of these more than myself. Because while I am still alive, I feel that it�s fearful for me to die. But , After I died, I cannot understand it. However, the death of person I love will give me pain as long as I am alive.

Vermonter_84 · Joined: 30 Dec 2010 Posts: 14

There is no room for fear in life and there is no time to waste. Have goals but keep them vague and open to compromise. If you plan everything out you will miss out on too many adventures. I do not fear death, if I did I would not consider racing cars which I love too much to give up.

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. -Plato

PeterAlex · Joined: 31 Dec 2013 Posts: 52 Location: USA

No I don't fear death,
Death is a natural part of life.

The only thing that I fear is how I die
Car accident . . .
Cancer . . .
or possibly a brutal murder.