It is difficult to talk about death. While you are alive, it seems unreal. When death approaches, you yourself as a person disappear. But thanks to the knowledge that we gain through contact with it, we become truly human. Without it, we would not understand what life means. Development itself in the physical world is associated with pain and loss: even evolution occurs due to the change of generations and the need for all living beings to withstand adversity, acquire immunity to disease, and learn to cope with dangers. Death is not only a terrible and heartless monster that takes away the people we love and our very lives, it is also a good adviser who shows what is truly valuable to us, for the sake of which we are ready to endure hardships and perform feats. Only knowledge of the finiteness of one’s existence in this world can help a person stop doing meaningless things, things he doesn’t like. Death teaches us to comprehend depth – not only the depth of the universe, but also the depth of our own self.

Victoria Raidos