But particularly right now it is easy to look at a beautiful sky and to feel good and say to yourself (if you are me, or someone like me) “oh, but it can all be taken away.” This is true.
There is another truth, though, the moment you say that, IT’S ALREADY HAPPENED, AND YOU WERE THE THIEF.
It is a truism, but if you want to live efficiently, live as if each day were your last. The next one is another world, another century, another you. It doesn’t matter.
And here is the miracle: quite generally, the things we fear do not come to pass. Some do. Communism happened, and continues to happen in China and Cuba and North Korea, and elsewhere.
But even there, there must be hidden miracles in every day for those who learn how to look for them.
Don’t shrink in fear. It’s easier said than done, like most things, but it’s a good goal.
The best way to learn to face death without fear is to learn to face life without fear. Death is just the last thing on this trip, before the next thing, on the next trip.