How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Death is treated with fear unlike natural endings like sunsets.
- In plain terms
- People fear death more than other natural endings.
- What can you take from it?
- Compare life transitions to nature's cycles.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we fear death?
- What can nature teach us about dying?
Another view
Death involves loss and unknowns that sunsets do not.
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