Abe Doe asked Julian Baggini:

Do you fear death? How does your mortality affect the way you think about life? How do you prevent it from getting you down and thinking nihilistic thoughts?

Julian Baggini I don't fear death but nor do I look forward to it! Mortality gives me a bitter-sweet appreciation of life every day. Think of how the Japanese celebrate Hanami, the cherry blossom season. The beauty is appreciated because, not in spite, of the fact that it is short-lived. You savour it with a sadness for its passing.
Because life is a process, it must end and nothing can be eternal. This is not a nihilistic thoughts at all because it is only because life is a process that it has the value that it does. So life is beautiful and sad at the same time: you cannot have the one without the other.
It might sound surprising but I think my most sustained attempt to address these issues is found in my short book on Babette's Feast (BFI Film Classics)

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