So I’m going to try using one of the daily post 2011 blog post suggestions!
If you could live forever, would you? Why or why not?
To be brutally honest, I cannot think of anything worse! We’re inundated with vampire films/books/shows at the moment who all portray characters who have been alive for hundreds and hundreds of years – I can’t imagine the monotony! Especially those (like Twilight and Vampire Diaries) who attend high school! Who wants to constantly repeat those years?
Yes, it would be amazing to watch the world change, to watch as history influences places and people, to see technology shape our interactions and our daily lives – but the flipside must be to watch everyone you love pass on, to be constantly surrounding yourself with people who will always die before you. There is a saying in te reo Maori (the Maori language) that sums this up:
- He aha te mea nui o te ao?
-He tangata, he tangata, he tangata
-What is the most important thing in this world?
-It is people, it is people, it is people
I love this whakatauki (saying), it shapes how I live my life, and how I carry out my work. Happiness, to me, is love and laughter, and being loved. Yes, it would always be nice to have more money, weigh less, own more – but if the people I love are happy, then I am happy.
So no, immortality does not appeal to me.
