Why death bothers us?

Everyone is going to die, that’s a fact. We have nothing sure in this life but our death. And it may come suddenly or it may take a while, but what we know is to be prepared for it, because we never know when it may come, and with what will it come: sickness, violence, peacefully, in our sleep, etc. 

Many philosophers have built their ideas glancing at death, the inevitable end of our lives. Where we cannot act anymore, we cannot change the outcome and a prize is won: to have the satisfaction to live a full life. Even some claim that what we do in this life is an eternal cycle where we will repeat what we have done all over again, and so life is meaningless. 

Religions try to explain what happens to us after death as if it remains a continuation of our existence for eternity. That is more of a belief that each one of us can assimilate to be forever damned or happy. Those places exist in eternity to be aware of our actions in the present marking them as our future selves. 

When we live our lives to the fullest “Carpediem” as the stoics claim, to fulfil our destiny, and to share our existence with God, it is clear that religion and philosophy share the same claim: be in the present and live a happy life, because everything will end. 

No matter how many riches, honours, fame, friends, etc. Everything will perish, so why do we cling to what will cease to exist, but ourselves?

Instead of collecting material goods, make yourself useful to others, and claim eternity by nourishing yourself from what never ends: Beauty, Good, and Truth. That never ends.