Tuesdays with Morrie

As we saw in the movie, Mitch is afraid of Morrie's death more than Morrie seems to be (because he has somehow accepted it). Like Mitch, I definately think that Americans are afraid of death...we value life! We spend all kinds of money trying to keep ourselves alive and well! Being an American, I can't really think of it being any other way....do people in other cultures just die instead of using medications available to them? It's a strange idea to grasp for me. I know that we don't like to say "so-and-so just died" to anyone so instead we will say "so-and-so passed away" because it's just that scary to us. The unknown side of the universe-after living so long (according to us) on the earth-is terrifying! I think most of us have a natural fear of death. As a Christian, I know where I'm going when I die (it's still scary sometimes though) but there is a bible verse that relates to this topic of materialism and death. It tells us to worry about the next world instead of being obsessed with things we can obtain on earth because at the end of it all it doesn't really matter how how much our wardrobe costs or how much stuff we own but how we lived our lives.
Hope it's okay if i quote it, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:19-22)