Or stoicism. > The will of nature may be learned from those things in which we don't distinguish from each other. For example, when our neighbor's boy breaks a

Or stoicism. > The will of nature may be learned from those things in which we don't distinguish from each other. For example, when our neighbor's boy breaks a cup, or the like, we are presently ready to say, "These things will happen." Be assured, then, that when your own cup likewise is broken, you ought to be affected just as when another's cup was broken. Apply this in like manner to greater things. Is the child or wife of another dead? There is no one who would not say, "This is a human accident." but if anyone's own child happens to die, it is presently, "Alas I how wretched am I!" But it should be remembered how we are affected in hearing the same thing concerning others. http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html Or rap music. There's no hell more harsh than a memory There's no home more hell than an empty nest Winter takes the warm away, spring takes the cold away Summer takes the rain away and fall took away my friend I believe there's never a place better than right where you are Although imagining an afterlife can tend to mend a broken heart And with someone dead, it's a way of coping with loss But I don't need you out there somewhere if I have you in my thoughts I don't envy anyone in a position where they're forced to choose Pull the plug or not I can't tell if this is for me or you I mean I know you're sick, tired, and confused But sometimes letting the tired go to sleep is the best thing to do https://youtu.be/Ajw-aEtrpJE https://youtu.be/Ajw-aEtrpJE Or fighting it with cryonics, SENS, other medical research etc. But pretty much any religion or everyman-philosophy has something to say about death. I have the same reaction as the green sibling, if something comes off as proselytizing it's pretty gross. Hitchens on death-bed conversion: https://youtu.be/q4cPe_YS8i8 https://youtu.be/q4cPe_YS8i8 Just be considerate that your way isn't the only way if the suggestion really comes from a good intention, which in these cases with personal experience I tend to believe does.