Death is something inevitable just like the day the world receives us, we will surely leave the world someday too. Everything must change, nothing stays the same. People says it's pessimist to think about death but maybe it's not ,maybe it's a reminds us to wake up,to always know that our life is not permanent, our body is impermanent.
So, that brings the question,what are we truly living for ? Why do we exist in the first place when at the end will die and leave everything behind.
The purpose of life is when we are living ,we serve no more purpose when we die but then the only impact we leave behind,the values we stand for . Many people are existing and not living because they don't their purpose in life. Every purpose should be why we are live, purpose are not for those existing but for those who are truly living.
We should live life of purpose, work towards that material things we love to have, they are not vanity as long as you do not attain it with evil or you make it take your attention because material things are only valuable if they give you attention back and not taking. Fight for what you want as long as you do it with a Clean heart, there shouldn't be rules on how much or when to work because only people without values work on rules . Always do what you want to do , don't try to be happy, with that every life you live will be worth it
Would I say ,we should live and forget about death? No, death is the reason why we are living,if not we will just be existing .
It is just like saying buying a bag and forget about it's going to spoil one day, we now keep it inside and not use it , keeping it won't stop it from getting spoilt,then there won't be purpose we bought it but when we have it in mind that this bag will eventually spoil one day, we will want to use it for its purpose before it gets spoilt,making use of it is what makes it worth buying.
All "this life is meaningless" shouldn't be the reason we exist but the reason we live. We should make our life count ,every each day.