The recent deaths of Dana Reeve and Kirby Puckett in their mid-forties once again show us just how short life really is and how we must deal with that fact. Both were successful people who should have had many more years of life. However, death comes when it comes and there truly is no set time.

Of course, the shock seeing these two people die makes us look at our own lives. How long do I have? That is a common question and totally appropriate. People often pretend they have "forever" when in reality a person is very lucky to have eighty years. With all of the advancements of medicine and various surgeries, the average age for men is about seventy-five and for women about eighty. That's it. We are not going to live for two hundred years.

America plays down death except for sensationalism purposes. However, it is a good thing to explore death in one's mind because it is going to happen. Anyone over the age of thirty-five should slowly start making plans-certainly mentally- for the inevitable.

Dying is an incredible thing in another way: It truly makes us all equal. You could be a billionaire or not have a thing. Both are going in the same direction. It does not discriminate in terms of race or gender; it comes the way of all.

There is nothing funnier (in a cynical way)than seeing old people filled with ego and pride. One would figure by that point common sense would kick in. Again, money is no shield in the way

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