What do we try to achieve in life? Why do we try so hard even though we know we are going to die in the end anyways? These are the questions that I had never thought to ask myself before my death. After dying in World War I, God saw that I had not been taught the many lessons that I should have been taught in life. However, he knew one man that could teach me what I should have learned. This man was none other than Morrie Schwartz. Through God's will, Morrie and I had a discussion on any aspect of life that I wanted. Now, I only wish I had learned this lesson before my death. This lesson is the lesson about death itself.
             Morrie introduced himself and right away I could tell he was a nice, sweet, warm-hearted man.
             "Hello, I'm Morrie Schwartz. So, you wanted to know more about death huh?"
             "Hi, Paul Baumer. Yeah, I'd really appreciate if you could do that for me," I said hesitantly. That triggered the best, most significant discussion that I have ever had with a person. Morrie started very simply by asking how my death came about. He learned about how I had died in World War I while fighting for the German army. I also told him about my thoughts after a comrade died in batle, It is a damnable business, but what has it to do with us now-we live.
             Morrie tried to show me how almost everyone in life is aware that they will eventually die, though no one actually believes it. He said that I didn't believe I would actually die due to the fact that I saw dead people everyday and all the time. Morrie explained that I was not able to bare the thought of millions of dead soldiers and comrades lying on the ground.
             I realized how right Morrie really was. If I had let myself truly believe all those soldiers were dead, I would have realized that I could truly die at any moment. My next question was whether or not one could prepare him or her self to die.
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