Do watch The Power of Myth if you get a chance. Campbell radiates wisdom, and one piece of advice has really stuck with me. Paraphrasing, if you think of yourself as analogous to a light bulb, which shines for a while, then burns out and is discarded, that's depressing and makes life seem rather pointless. So, don't identify with the bulb, identify with the light, which began before your bulb was made and continues after it is gone. With that kind of thinking, death loses much of its sting.
Do watch The Power of Myth if you get a chance. Campbell radiates wisdom, and one piece of advice has really stuck with me. Paraphrasing, if you think of yourself as analogous to a light bulb, which shines for a while, then burns out and is discarded, that's depressing and makes life seem rather pointless. So, don't identify with the bulb, identify with the light, which began before your bulb was made and continues after it is gone. With that kind of thinking, death loses much of its sting.