There is but one certainty in life and it’s that we will die. The life that we live on this earth is a story that has a beginning and an end. Absent committing suicide, we have no more control over when the end comes than when the beginning came. There’s an interesting little exchange in The Dark Knight where the Joker taunts a police chief about killing his officers:

“You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?”  [Read more…] about On Death: How to Remove Death’s Sting