Well, we all gotta go sometime, Red... Seems strange how there are always 2 sides to this, with some thinking about all the possibilities while others couldn't care less. I've had a bunch of folks die around me, from grandparents, uncles, colleagues in high-school who thought that driving was a piece of cake, to my dad. I never cried when anyone died because I don't believe they went to Heaven or Hell or anywhere else, like some strange Limbo. I don't believe in God or the existence of any deity, so that makes things easier. I think that, just as how nothing is gained or lost in physics, thus it is that the people around us, and ourselves someday, will simply move on to another task, be it animating some tree, or critter, or another person. I also don't think that ourselves, or our consciousness rather, truly disappears. After all, we gather data in life and it gets stored in ourselves as a form of energy. So when the energy moves on, it would take everything along, even if you wouldn't be aware of it. I think that's why we sometimes have deja vu's or strange hunches that turn out to be right. Because we most likely have experienced some of the things already. I for one won't be afraid when it's time to die. I hope others won't be sad about it, which is why I'm going to have myself incinerated and put in a yellow plastic urn with a smiley face on it and a "Have a nice day !" caption. Just because you die doesn't mean you shouldn't still try to brighten someone's day up :)