“Tsunetomo believed that becoming one with death in one’s thoughts, even in life, was the highest attainment of purity and focus. He felt that a resolution to die gives rise to a higher state of life, infused with beauty and grace beyond the reach of those concerned with self-preservation.” – Wikepedia on Yamamoto Tsunetomo
There’s nothing morbid about this; not when you understand what it really means.
We’re all going to die. Make sure that when you die, your life will have been one worth living.