Now we have a choice as to how we deal with this reality. We can try to avoid it, we can push it down and yet there are moments when it will just pop up again. It might be the news media or a movie that we watch. It might be an experience with a person whom we know or love deeply. It might be our own health or age.
Death is something which touches every single person.
None of us can avoid it. The choice that we have is not whether or not we die, the choice is how we deal with death. How we cope with the reality that death will bypass neither those whom we love, nor every single one of us here. This one is not an option. Some people have said that the only reason why people turn to faith is so that they can avoid dealing with death.