Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and let your mind transcend reality. Let the wind whisk you away into the realm of forever, where your own mortality does not exist. You stand in the same shoes, see the same face when you look in the mirror, and breath the same air, yet one thing is different. When everything and everyone you know now fades away, you will live on for the rest of eternity…
Every day, you wake up, go to class, get lunch, and go home. Sometimes, you go to work to make some extra cash, head to the library to catch up on your history readings, or maybe get an iced latte with a girl from econ. Jack has been texting you on and off for the last few weeks after you met at a bar downtown, but you don’t know if you’re feeling it yet. You’re constantly stressed out about keeping your GPA above a 3.0, but lately, chemistry has been destroying you. Your mom is always bugging you about coming home to visit, but, weekend after weekend, you find an excuse to stay at school.
Every day, there’s another struggle. You repeat the same routine on a continuous cycle, but with every day passing, you realize that you’re just going through the motions. As the days fly by, you stay the same, but the world around you is constantly evolving. Your friends have found careers, moved to different cities, and most importantly, discovered a love that they plan to grow old with. For you, relationships come and go, but you know that nothing can last forever. But hey, if you live forever, there will be plenty of other fish in the sea, right? There is no end to the possibilities of what your future may hold.
Years pass, and you find yourself lonelier than ever. You refrain from finding permanence, because when you’re the only one who’s immortal; everything you know and love will come to an end eventually. But you’re lucky, right? You have the power to discover every white sand beach, icy cove, towering mountain, and vast open plain that this Earth has to offer, because let’s face it—nothing can stop you. You’ll stumble upon every kind of person imaginable, will rock every trend that has ever been sported, and not a morsel of food will go un-tasted. You will experience the power of revolution, as technology continues to change the way everything works and operates. You’ll live under the wrath of tyrants, the inspiration of incredible leaders, and maybe even experience a time in which everyone is equal. There truly are no limits to the type of life you want to live.
When all is said and done, you’re still here. You’re trapped inside a world that won’t ever spit you out, with no attachments to anyone or anything. The fear of death is not within your grasp, and never will be. For you, religion is merely a fallacy, because you’ll never know what it’s like to “be with God." There is no afterlife, just an eternity in the one you’re currently living in. Memories are too painful, because they remind you of all that you’ve lost, and will never see again under any circumstances. If you could, would you choose this life? Would it be worth it?
