There is life, there is death. Sooner or later, everyone needs to face death. While we are still alive, we can deal with death in two ways: ignore it, or face our own death, reduce the pain that death may bring through clear thinking about death. However, neither of these methods can truly overcome death.

As a Buddhist, I regard death as a normal process. As long as I am still living on this earth, death will inevitably happen. After realizing that I cannot escape death, there is nothing to worry about. I prefer to see death as a worn-out garment that needs to be replaced with a new one, rather than an endpoint. However, death is unpredictable: we do not know when or how we will die. Therefore, it is necessary for us to prepare before death actually occurs.