Die Before You Die 

Michael Meade speaks about reorienting ourselves to death so we may find lost meanings of life and cogent ways of perceiving life-changing events. Life and Death are not exclusive opposites, birth and death are opposite each other and life includes both. Avoiding death causes it to become more literal and shocking. Opening death as a symbol and metaphor gives it a place to be and become known. A culture that begins denying death will end by denying life. If we think of Death as an essential presence rather than simply the absence of life; we can see that it must have its place, like beauty and sorrow, like love and aloneness.