Yeah, as far as we know we are the only species that truly knows we are going to die. I mean, some behaviors in the animal world suggest an understanding and reverence of death and elders, but we're the only ones that can articulate it. And I think we spend the rest of our lives trying to understand why? Or what our lives mean? Or trying to pacify our fear. Why we try to 'shield' children from the idea of death and make it fearful with the idea of 'hell' I don't understand. It just is. And who knows how f'd up I'd be if I had no idea that this will end. I might still be drunk.
Who knows. Not saying I don't have a healthy fear of death. But it is what it is. And without it, how would I define life?