As he puts it, "Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it." This aphorism states that nobody lives each day ready to die; nobody thinks deeply about preparation for his or her own death. ... This aphorism introduces one that follows the same advice: "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." ... According to Morrie, "When you realize you are going to die, you see everything much differently." ... Your beliefs in religion, an afterlife, reincarnation, a certain god, and fate are all part of spirituality and each is an important factor in helping to live a profita...

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Do people have a right to die? ... He wanted "to die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly" (422). ... Another consideration is whether, by taking your life before the illness runs its course, you are depriving yourself and your family and friends of a valuable period of good life, love and companionship. ... In his book Dying With Dignity, Derek Humphry says: "Helping another to die in carefully considered circumstances is part of good medicine and also demonstrates a caring society that offers euthanasia to hopelessly sick persons as an act of love"(91). ... If the individu...

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