Can Unexpected Deaths be Good Deaths?

Yes. Do the work ahead of time and imagine (manage) the possibilities.

Thanks to advances in medicine and science, fewer people are dying sudden, unexpected deaths. Most of us will die as expected after illnesses, diseases, or old age. We will follow a certain trajectory that allows us to get our affairs in order.

We will have the time we need to make peace with our lives ending, if we so choose, and prepare for the kind of death we want.

But what about those of us who die suddenly? How do we make an unexpected death a good death?

Types of Unexpected, Sudden Deaths

Thanks to a 24-hour news cycle and frightening statistics, there is a culture of fear in America. Many of us worry about daily tragedies happening to us or our loved ones. This includes accidents or acts of violence.

Who can’t help but walk into grocery stores, concert venues, or movie theatres and look for the nearest exit? Just in case.

Additionally, car crashes worry us. We live in cities or communities where such fatalities occur all the time. Highways and rural roads are notoriously dangerous f…