I just got a call from my best friend and instead of the usual random chatter, I found that his grandfather died the night before... Death isn't easy.

Most of us die with much of our beautiful music still in us, un-sung, un-played. - Grant M. Bright

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five. - Benjamin Franklin

Two intriguing quotes.

Death sucks - yet it is an essential, inevitable, and natural part of life. On a side note, I wonder if more focus should be made on living and our response to death than to delaying or avoiding death itself.