that want to shove cadavers into cement boxes and put them
underground. But the best way to fight is from within. I want
to bring into my new college classrooms the discussions that I
had brought to my students in the past. Deliberating your
mortality and looking inside yourself for the courage to make
end-of-life plans can heal wounds that you never knew existed
and increase your gratitude of life! Everyone dies. It’s not fun
to swallow for any of us, but I believe if the “business” of death
(finances, remains and funeral planning, logistics, and wills,
etc.) were to be dealt with during life, the concept of grieving
and healing from such a loss will be more comprehensible to
our psyches. Plus, there is now a myriad of ways to deal with
our remains that people can research and choose for their own
body before the time of death, therefore lessening denial and
fear. Creating sensitive spaces and discussions that aid people
in figuring out how they want to go, what goals need to be
accomplished before the time comes, how to work through grief
and look death in the eyes could create a kinder, more
appreciative society. Humanity and society as a whole are
perfectly capable of acknowledging what we’ve always known
and there is no reason to be afraid of it. We have rights as
human beings to make these decisions ourselves and if we can