For many of us, death has often been a distant and abstract concept—something that happens to other people, at other times, in other places. Our modern world, with its focus on youth and vitality, often pushes the reality of death to the margins of our consciousness. However, when we step into the role of caregivers for seniors and the terminally ill, we can no longer afford the luxury of denial. The presence of death becomes a daily reality, forcing us to confront our own mortality and that of those around us.
This confrontation with mortality offers us a choice: we can succumb to morbidity and depression, or we can choose a path of acceptance and growth. We can make friends with death.
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