“We know, if only vaguely and inchoately, that our finest and most memorable experiences may never, and indeed, ultimately will never, happen again. That is why we cherish them so.”

Emily Dickinson said the same thing in her distinctive way. We focus on death like we should focus on any reality in our life, with clarity. It doesn’t mean you have a “morbid fascination” with death to think about death. No one gets out of this alive. We’re all in this together. As a matter of fact, by calmly recognizing the finitude of life we will reduce our anxiety in our day-to-day living. It is what the authors of The Worm at the Core articulate so clearly and with great depth.

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