Forever is a lot longer than you'd think.
Would you live forever, if you had the choice?
You can look at it from one perspective, and say that it would be incredible to watch history unfold, and to meet your great-great-great-grandchildren. And the eternal youth thing would be a very attractive perk. Maybe you could be happy like that, but it's not for me.
I want to grow old alongside my the people I love. I want to stand beside them and face up to whatever life decides to throw at us right up to the (hopefully distant) end. Yes, I'll die eventually, but maybe in my time I'll have left some kind of mark, even if it's only in one person, and in that way a part of me will survive.
So, no. Forget living forever. I'll take my allotted time, and I'll live it to the fullest.
Life is short, but that's what makes it so sweet.
You can look at it from one perspective, and say that it would be incredible to watch history unfold, and to meet your great-great-great-grandchildren. And the eternal youth thing would be a very attractive perk. Maybe you could be happy like that, but it's not for me.
I want to grow old alongside my the people I love. I want to stand beside them and face up to whatever life decides to throw at us right up to the (hopefully distant) end. Yes, I'll die eventually, but maybe in my time I'll have left some kind of mark, even if it's only in one person, and in that way a part of me will survive.
So, no. Forget living forever. I'll take my allotted time, and I'll live it to the fullest.
Life is short, but that's what makes it so sweet.