The Importance of Contemplating Death

"It's obviously understanding we harder for younger people to do that," he says. "They have lots of years of their lives ahead of them ... They don't feel like in a rush to really think about it." A 20 year old wouldn't realistically need to think about death and all likelihood for many decades, you say. So why not enjoy your life and go ahead and do it when the time is right? You're already doing that every night; why not contemplate on it in a healthy fashion?