Relevance is a matter of perspective. When you are young, you think you will live forever. When you reach middle age, if you are that lucky, it begins to matter. From that point on, it gains importance as time passes until the grim reaper knocks on the door. Death— something you ignore as a child, unless you have personal contact with it in some form— something which, as the years go by, eventually becomes inevitable.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 