ADDING SOME MEANING TO LIFE ........

Any situation in life involving humans has basically two sides to it, positive and negative. When things are good they should be seen and recognized as such, even named so, and when things turn  bad we should recognize them to be so, and clearly identify them as bad or ugly or unacceptable .

Pessimism is not appropriate when the situation calls for optimism, and optimism is misplaced when a situation is bad and pessimistic. Even in some seemingly nice events as when science prolong our lives or attempts some basic form of immortality, as the body is doomed to aging, and aging beyond certain limits is miserable and deplorable and generally unwanted. So why would anyone in his or her right mind want to live to 150 years, with the last 50 in deformed states of health and mental deficiencies and deformities .

But death has always been frightening, maybe because of its finality, because of its annihilating tools and effects, the only time that death is not considered so bad, or not bad at all, is when one faces annihilation before death closes in . For example in the case of confirmed terminal illness, or some advanced state of dementia, or a vegetative condition, or even in cases of total loss of hope or decency, of honor and self esteem, of loosing every material good of her or his, loosing their homes and lands, actual death sounds better, even good, or at least agreeable and better than life.

Humans inflict colossal amounts of suffering and death on other humans, it has been an essential part of our long history, and it is still happening in our actual world and times. Racism, apartheid, annihilation, deceit, greed, degradation, betrayals, exploitation, rape and torture, murders and cruel imprisonments are all aspects accompanying our actual lives and times in different stages and localities. We inflict it on others, when we simultaneously deny it on ourselves and close ones.

Death is considered bad not only to the person who dies, but also for many loved ones who survive the person. We are programmed to always keep some optimism about our earthly lives, giving it some meaning from our limited terrestrial perspective, but we're not always so optimistic about it, we always have to keep convincing ourselves with some open windows, and for some, hanging tightly to Divine Godly ropes.

But coping and accepting and handling the vast amounts of suffering and misery in the world while pretending everything is just fine, or putting it all in the hands of a superior will governing our worldly affairs is not a satisfying attitude or answer. Invariably, all religions are carriers of false optimism , and built to falsify human realities.

We all know that it is only a matter of time before all existing humans will face death, although we keep struggling for meaning between birth and death, as well as our pretended attempts to avert and limit life's suffering . It's a major failure in human existence and intelligence.
The human interaction and the mixing of the individual with the collective, helped forge a certain reality, a sort of immortality, whereby " I die, but we do not ". 
                                              My usual gratitude for your time and patience ...