As part of humanness, we are all born (in Heideggerian sense, we are “thrown”) in the world.

The world is governed by time.  

We, humans, are existing in time, thus, as being thrown in the world, we have beginning and since we are finite beings, we also have end – death.  

Birth and death are two things we cannot remove from our existence. Whether we like it or not, we will die.

While death is sure to come, it is however indefinite as to when it will come.  Death is impending, meaning to say, it can happen anytime.

There can be no proxies or substitutes for a person in experiencing death. This means that when we die, we die alone.  

Death removes all our relations to others.  In contemplating death, we realize our own individuality and independence from the world.

Death cannot be taken away from a person. Even the person himself cannot remove the possibility of death in his life. One cannot make himself live forever.  

We may accept the reality of death as it is, but it also reminds us that we have to value life while we have it.

One of the many reasons why we fail to lead an authentic life is fear.  Just because we are afraid of the possible consequences and what others might say, we fail to pursue what we truly want in life.