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I made a new friend. His name is Greg, and he's quite awesome. Today was my birthday, and this is what he said:
You know not ONE single ATOM in your entire being will be the same in two years? So what will there be of you? Not ONE Jessica atom.
It made me feel... odd. Nothing of me will remain. When I was 17, I was an entirely different person. I almost can't stand to think of how I was then; I can only do it when I acknowledge the fact that I was different. And in two years, will I be different again? A slow progression until I'm a new Jessica? I more or less like how I am now. I wonder how much life will change me. I wonder if I'll look back and see how foolish I was at the tender age of 19. I'll be able to say, well, all of that is gone now. Every atom of it.
DOES something about me stay the same? The essense of me? Or does every new atom that migrates in bring with it the illusion of sameness? Each particle replacing an old one and imperceptibly changing me?
Which would I prefer?
You know not ONE single ATOM in your entire being will be the same in two years? So what will there be of you? Not ONE Jessica atom.
It made me feel... odd. Nothing of me will remain. When I was 17, I was an entirely different person. I almost can't stand to think of how I was then; I can only do it when I acknowledge the fact that I was different. And in two years, will I be different again? A slow progression until I'm a new Jessica? I more or less like how I am now. I wonder how much life will change me. I wonder if I'll look back and see how foolish I was at the tender age of 19. I'll be able to say, well, all of that is gone now. Every atom of it.
DOES something about me stay the same? The essense of me? Or does every new atom that migrates in bring with it the illusion of sameness? Each particle replacing an old one and imperceptibly changing me?
Which would I prefer?