There is within every human being an acquired fear of death, programmed by your parents and family, society, religion, the media etc. The list is endless. The desire to prolong one's life seems a prime concern, no matter the cost. Ironically, this fear also usually prevents you from committing suicide. The reality is, If people would know without doubt the paradise that awaits them, there would be suicides on a grand scale. Various cults are an example of this.

The other side of the coin is the manner. i.e. the pain, in which they might die. You have all seen it on TV,"He died in icy agony as he shed his mortal coil... etc." But in all honesty, death in itself is a painless affair. The condition which might lead to the demise is another matter altogether.

Death is the great anesthetist. Release from physical sufferance; release from the myriad's of pressures, stresses and tensions and intolerance's which shaped you. Plus, the greatest reality of all, the act of returning home. The sentence is finally over, and you will breathe a sigh of relief. So remember, knowledge about death and the others side, will set you free. Everything in life is knowable. If you can think of the question, be sure that there is an answer. You may not comprehend the answer(s), but that depends entirely on the degree of your spiritual development.

So find your truth, trust in god and have faith. Comprehension will take time, but it will happen, I promise you.

To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.
Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time,
with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the
midst of children and witnesses: so that an actual leave-
taking is possible while he who is leaving is still there.

- Friedrich Nitzsche