This should make you think.

[xjayroseee]

Everybody knows they're going to die, but no body believes it.
If we did, we would do things differently

So we kid ourselves about death?

Yup, but here's a better approach:
To know you're going to die and be prepared for it at any time.
That's better.
That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living.

How can you ever be prepared to die?

Do what the buddhists do.
Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks
"Is today the day?"
"Am I doing all that I need to do?"
"Am I being the person i want to be?"
Once you've learned how to die, you learn how to live.

Why is it so hard to think about dying?

Because.
Most of us all walk around as if we're sleep walking.
We really don't experience the world fully
Because we're half asleep
Doing things we automatically think we have to do.

And facing death changes all of that?

Yes.
You strip away all that stuff
And you focus on the essentials
When you realize your going to die
You see everything much differently

Learn how to die, and you learn how to live.