Hi Darryl
Just a figure of speech. I always say that when trying to attain the impossible , if you werent prepared to die trying , then you werent trying hard enough.
My Mum also passed due to Altzheimers and my Dad in a car accident when I was eight years old so I guess the idea of death lost its mystery for me at an early age. As far as religion is concerned, to each their own. I sure gave religion a good test drive in my time and wasnt convinced.
I dont believe that death should be feared, rather embraced but never hastened or self inflicted.