A recent article from the New York Times/Health written by an oncology nurse, Theresa Brown, has a very graphic narration of a sudden death in the hospital and the way the hospital staff tried everything to save the patient. It is a very raw description which makes a gripping impression on the reader. As a result, the advice that ends the article sounds way less like a platitute and much more like a motto to live by. "My patient died looking like one of the flesh-eating zombies from “28 Weeks Later,†and indeed in real life, even in the world of the hospital, a death like this is unsettling. What can one do? Go home, love your children, try not to bicker, eat well, walk in the rain, feel the sun on your face and laugh loud and often, as much as possible, and especially at yourself. Because the only antidote to death is not poetry, or drama, or miracle drugs, or a roomful of technical expertise and good intentions. The antidote to death is life." So live your life not just pass it.