“I don’t think that people realize that you’re not supposed to go peacefully.  After I came out of almost dying, it really dawned on me how distorted people’s concept of dying is because they think that if they can go peacefully that that means that they’ve lived a good life.  That if you can just let it go and you can be completely detached to the outcome, that that means you’re more spiritually enlightened, or that you’re doing it better, or that you’ve had a better life—the truth is, the whole point of dying is to be scared.  Because that means that your life meant something to you.  You should fear dying.  You should be terrified of it.  Even though it’s natural, even though it’s going to happen, even though you should come to terms with it in a certain way and go through the feeling of it and have a relationship with it—you also should acknowledge the fact that when it’s going to happen, no matter how much you prepare, you’re going to be terrified.  Because life does mean something.  And there’s a part of your brain that knows you’re letting it go.  And you’re always going to grieve that when it happens.  And that’s okay.  It’s okay to be terrified.” ~ Claire Wineland, YouTube