I've been reading Seneca's Letters to Lucilious. He says > For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Wh

I've been reading Seneca's Letters to Lucilious. He says > For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death's hands. I suppose I also meditate on christ's suffering. It seems to say that while the end is never pretty for the one who is enduring it, it is intrinsically meaningful and sacred.