In this first chapter the author talks about death. For me death is something I’m scared of and personally something that I hate to think about. I also hate and fell uncomfortable for a long time when someone familiar or something familiar (dog, fish, cat, etc) dies. It makes me feel very depress for a long time.
While reading the chapter I realized that there are many questions and contradictions towards death, that I also have or well have think of once in my life. For example I once passed something similar to the beginning of the chapter when I was younger I don’t know what made me think of death, but it made me feel very bad and made me cry, I just can’t forget that day (I couldn't’t sleep until the next day). It made me think of what would happen after I died and many other questions.
I found a quote from Spinoza “A free man thinks of death least of all things, and his wisdom is a meditation of life, not death”. I think that yes I agree with what he’s trying to say because I don’t find any positive things thinking about death, I really prefer to think about my life, my future, my family and all the years that I have ahead of me. I think that everyone instead of thinking of death should live their life and pursuit happiness.
So in resume, death is something that will happen to everyone in this world. Some people really like to think of and believe in eternal life, but for others (like me) is something that really prefer not to think of.
I don’t like to think about death either, and I agree with you Martin that it is preferable to think about my own life and future than about my death. Even if I know I am going to die someday, I have already thought about it, and I am not going to worry about it, so as you said Martin, to keep living, I am going to continue enjoying life.
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