It is not death we fear, it is the lack of trust we have in ourselves to handle the painful emotions that accompany death and dying things. 

One of the keys to peace is to not bypass our fear of death, but to open our arms wide–welcoming it as an old friend we rarely see but intimately remember. 

Death is as natural and certain as the birth of new life. We are a part of nature; never separate. The death and rebirth cycle is best understood in the changing of seasons. Anticipating that the sun will shine high in summer is the same as awaiting the brisk and fallen leaves in the autumn or the quiet stillness of winter. We are a part of this cycle. Death is not constant, and nor is aliveness. It is ever flowing, ever moving, ever changing energy and it is our birthright to extract the wisdom of both for eternal peace. 

Death happens in small and large ways in our lives every single day.

A family or friend passes on from this life to the next. The sun goes down. We get to the bottom of our favorite coffee cup. We leave a relationship. A relationship leaves us. We move cities. We change jobs. Our favorite jeans finally rip. We say goodbye to the car we have been driving for 10 years. You lay your head down to sleep after the best summer day. The snow melts. A friendship dynamic shifts. Your mascara runs out. The last song plays at a concert. Our nails grow out of our favorite color. You cut your hair. December 26th happens. 

When we embrace the certainty of death and dying things on small and large levels, we better acquaint ourselves to trust our ability to move through hard emotions such as grief, shock, sadness, and anger.