Untrusting Death-prevention

From today's reading: I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.  (Jesus in John 12)

Lent is good for uncovering our untrusting death-prevention techniques. Unless we want them exposed, it is better to ignore the whole season. If we don't,  Jesus is going to say something like he does in John 12, above, and say it is best to go ahead and die and rise instead of just trying not to die, as...