When anxiety about the future threatens to overwhelm, death as ally becomes a powerful tool for staying present and prioritizing what truly matters. This mortality awareness practice helps transform catastrophic thinking into grounded presence by illuminating what's actually important right now, like lighting a match in a dark cave.

What if death isn't the darkness we fear, but the light that illuminates what truly matters? When we're willing to sit with our mortality and acknowledge that we and everyone we love will die, something remarkable happens - we get crystal clear about our priorities and what deserves our attention and energy.