Around a year ago I made a post talking about the reasons I was afraid of death and why we all are to some extent, however since that point I feel my point of view on the subject has expanded somewhat. I advise reading my old post for some context into this post.
[Old post](https://steemit.com/life/@dr0tcl/why-i-am-afraid-of-death)
I feel now I would like to talk about why I am not afraid of death, I previously mentioned about how the unknown and fear will always be linked, you can't get away from that, but now I think there is a few other ways of looking at fear and death.
Death will always cause some fear but now it doesn't seem to cause me a large amount of fear, not to say I welcome death as I hope it doesn't come for me until I'm at least 80 odd, because I've got a lot I want to get done and there is so much left to learn.
## Limitless possibility:
In my previous post I went into detail about what people think happens after death but as I said before there is really know way of knowing what will happen. To me this shows that anything could happen and nothing could happen.
Previously I was fearful that death would bring nothing however now I feel that it is quite a beautiful poetic thing for nothing to happen after death. If things do truly fade to black and you are just gone it is amazing that somehow we, with all our personalities and experiences, live in a random point of space and a random point in time and somehow we existed. To me it seems beautiful that life can form in such a random place because it means life could form all over the place but when its gone its gone so appreciate it when you have it.
Also if nothing happens you just power down and are gone then there is nothing to fear because you sees to exist, there is nothing more to experience, the energy from your body goes into earth. With nothing I guess it brings true freedom even though you can't experience it.
I also don't know if nothing should cause any emotional reaction because if you try to think back to before you were born you don't remember anything so why be scared of nothing if you used to be part of it.
Anything could happen when we die and with a limitless amount of possibility even if you are to travel to a place with unimaginable suffering you have got there from hear so you could go anywhere after. If we die and our soul still exists in another form then you would assume there is something after that and something after that, so even if suffering does await us after this life something indescribably beautiful could be waiting after that.
When we truly have know clue of what happens next I don't see the point of holding on to fear because it will only hinder you in this existence so why not let it go and be excited or even indifferent about what is next.
Because death is unknown and inevitable I think it teaches us to live and love what we have and generally make the most of things, I try to live by a philosophy life is what you make it, if you constantly are afraid of death you are choosing to be so, if you are always worrying about money or whatever it may be you are choosing to do so, why prepare for the worst before it happens. Anything that a person experiences has likely been experienced many times over with all types of outcomes and from what I have seen people who worry and stress the most have the least fun. It may not be the best way to live but I try not to worry about anything until the worst actually happens and then when it does you just get on with it.
Even recently a family member had cancer and everyone was understandable worried and there was a feeling of sadness in the air however I was not worried in the slightest because you deal with things when they happen, if the worst was to happen (which it thankfully didn't) you know the types of emotions you will feel and the thoughts you will have so why make yourself feel them before the worst has happened. You can be prepared for what is to come good or bad without wallowing in the possibility of the bad.
I think I have become one to believe there is know point in dealing with things until they actually come around, it is natural to have all sorts of different feelings but feeling something and wallowing in those feelings are two very different things.
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