Is talking about death morbid?

My good old Oxford English dictionary tells me that morbid means:

'an abnormal and unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects especially death and disease'

Can you have a normal and healthy interest in death and disease? Doctors have an interest in both and no one would call them morbid. Their interest lies in preventing both. Very normal and healthy.
      What of the rest of us? Death is still regarded by many as a taboo subject, not to be discussed. Let us not tempt fate. If we don't want to tempt fate should we stop insuring our houses against fire and flood? Most of us do and our houses don't burn down or disappear under water as a result.
       Similarly many people don't make a will for the same reason. I can confirm that most of my clients go on to live long and happy lives after making a will. They have the added knowledge they've carried out some planning for when they die.
        So discussing a subject doesn't make it a fait accompli. Since I've embarked on this journey to the 'dark side,' I've come to realise how much light it throws back. The Egyptian question on death, 'did you bring joy to the world and did you find joy,' is one we should ask ourselves everyday.
        I tweeted the other day about a great blog entry by Lizzy Miles, who runs the Death Cafe in Columbus Ohio. To paraphrase she said 'The Death Cafe gives people the space to have the conversations we can't seem to have anywhere else. It gives people an opportunity to share their stories and that's what makes it special and beautiful.'
       So is talking about death morbid? No. It's not always an easy subject to discuss, but for some of us it's very important to be able to say what we feel about it. For others its never a bad idea to consider our own mortality and the value of doing things in life while you still can.

I'm running Suffolk's first Death Cafe on the 24th October. See posts below for further details.