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Initially, 19 seems immortal, untouchable, unbreakable, but as time goes on, i realize that perhaps, its one of the most vulnerable times in our lives.
We're supposedly young, healthy, in the prime of our lives. No one needs to care for us, there is no inherent obligation on account of age induced vulnerability. We are not young and innocent. We are not old and feable. Yet, as a result, we put ourselves in positions that we would never think of at any other times in our lives.
Now is when death hurts the most, whether we know the person or not, because it reminds us, that perhaps we're not invincible after all. So when the first person we graduated with dies, or the first person we are close to goes off to war, it's a wake up call.
Perhaps life, after all, is just about the end game. What decisions will make us less vulnerable? What is most practical? And what morbid thoughts might leave us less disappointed in the end?
We're supposedly young, healthy, in the prime of our lives. No one needs to care for us, there is no inherent obligation on account of age induced vulnerability. We are not young and innocent. We are not old and feable. Yet, as a result, we put ourselves in positions that we would never think of at any other times in our lives.
Now is when death hurts the most, whether we know the person or not, because it reminds us, that perhaps we're not invincible after all. So when the first person we graduated with dies, or the first person we are close to goes off to war, it's a wake up call.
Perhaps life, after all, is just about the end game. What decisions will make us less vulnerable? What is most practical? And what morbid thoughts might leave us less disappointed in the end?