Hear me out. We all know, whether we admit it to ourselves or not, we could die at any moment. And that it could happen in any number of ways. But living your life with that knowledge constantly top of mind isn’t practical or healthy. Best case, it leads to…

Dorian is ferocious, like many recent high-wind tropical cyclones — Hurricane Dorian is assaulting the Bahamas with whipping winds and relentless rain, and it has the southeastern U.S. in its sights. Dorian has reportedly killed one person as of this post—a 7-year-old boy in the Bahamas trying to evacuate from his home with his family. …

Lessons from inside a coffin — My time had finally come. I laid in my coffin and watched as the cover rapidly descended, cutting off all light in the room along with any sense of human connection. …