*an*er I hate that word. Been through it with friends and family a few times, and it could be in my future too you never know. I dare not speak it's name it might bring bad luck...
I don't concern myself with such thing, if anything life thought me is that death comes when it wants, just don't go looking for it; life, free thinking and the present is my focus, after all we live in a continuum present.
As for those i lost, i always cherish and keep alive in my memory, always forward my friends, a lesson these glorious leaders will learn once again, with their backwards ways.