r.k. on death

take death for example. a great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. we make extraordinary efforts to delay it and often consider

its intrusion a tragic event. yet we'd find it hard to live without it. death gives meaning to our lives. it

gives importance and value to time. time would become meaningless if there were too much of it. if death were indefinitely put off

the human psyche would end

up

well

like the gambler in the twilight zone" episode."