death... an ally?

can death really be an ally? we think of it as a shadow; always there but we ignore it because we fear what lurks in it. death is one of the most powerful things, so why not use it to our advantage? we could use it as a motivator in our life. it is always there hovering over our shoulder, so why not use it as an aid to remind us to live? we can use it to constantly remind us that our days are numbered. it will cause us to live each day to its fullest because we never know which breathe will be our last. with a reminder of the unpredictably of the ever-present threat (or prompting depending upon how you look at it) of death, we should seize every moment with joy and strive to make it perfect. if we fear death, than we fear to live. if we embrace death as a part of life, than death is our ally, our catalyst.