I don't think you're wrong, and my recent taste of mortality supports your thoughts pretty strongly. However, I had this realization even before the heart attack. Maybe a premonition? Dunno. What I do know is that when microbes divide, both cells that result from division are alive. Neither dies in the process. When we higher animals lay eggs or fertilize them, the eggs and sperm are both alive. Neither dies in the process. Seeds and spores may lie dormant for a long time, perhaps were such things part of the deep biome, for millenia. But, dormant is not dead, and when they do begin to grow, they have continued alive, and life has continued unabated.

Life is a continuous chain that has never died, twisting and branching to reach each and all of us, from the deep biome to your dear heart.

I'm ok with that =)