As a culture, we fear death, even though we’re all going to die. Other animals don’t have this fear. Because we don’t deal with this fear openly, Health Directives do not get written and the important end of life conversations do not occur. It’s a mystery, but when we walk in the direction of our fear and face it, our fear lessens. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.”