I am not particularly looking forward to death.
Many times in my life, actually, I have sincerely prayed that I do not die before a certain event happens. Mostly around things with a lot of hype, like the seventh Harry Potter book and the Lord of the Rings movies. Once upon a time I prayed that I would live long enough to see the Star Wars prequels, but now when I think of those I often have a change of heart.
I probably should have been sufficiently warned by the Star Wars Christmas Special
What I'm saying is that unless I was someone really unfortunate, like the Elephant Man or Stephenie Meyer, I would never feel good about the possibility of being deceased.
Or so I thought.
The thing is, I think all of us feel like there are certain situations where we're glad we'll be dead, because it saves us effort and energy in the now. For instance...
