Fear of Death

Speaking to family and friends about death and trying to understand their feelings around it is for me an ongoing source of wonder. Fifteen years ago I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to confront my own mortality which allows me to process the current events with more ease than might otherwise have been the case.  I see the fear of death in so many around me and if I could, would wave a magic wand to release that for them all. Why the fear?  Fearing death will not prevent it, but it will inhibit one's capacity to fully live Life.