Would you want to live forever?
The thing that is so precious about life is the fact that it’s not forever — you get an unpredictable amount of time to make a difference on this earth before you cross over. I, like many others, would rather live a short and fulfilling life than a long and boring one. There is beauty in knowing that you could fall into a pothole or get hit by a car at any moment, every second turns into an opportunity, a gift to keep going. I used to absolutely hate the idea of my candle burning out, but as Greek philosopher Epicurus argues, “Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?” Is death not just as important to a life as birth? To me, really living is making your flame burn as bright as possible, so that people can feel your fire years after the wax is melted. We really don’t know when we’re going to go, but we do know that we’re here right now. The opportunity, the potential to make change is what being alive means.
While the idea of living forever sounds appealing at first, I would not want to. Sure, you would get more time to explore every corner of the earth and learn all the things your heart desires, but the beauty of life lives in one thing: the small moments. Getting home after practice and having that nice shower, your favorite song coming up on shuffle, seeing your dog after a long day of school. Having such a short time on earth is what makes the little things so special. At some point these things will become so monotonous that living loses its spark, which is why I would not want to live forever.
— Nolan, Glenbard West High School
I wouldn’t want to live forever but I would personally want to live long enough to see the year 2100 and see my grandkids. I personally think that living forever would be more of a curse than something to want because you would see all your loved ones die and I just feel that it would just be depressing to see.
Living forever might seem cool but when you think of it deeper, it changes your mind. If you lived forever, you would watch all your friends and family members and even pets pass away. You would watch so many problems happen like wars, deaths, natural disasters and a lot more. You would also watch the world end. What I mean by that is, when the sun explodes or something crazy happens that ends Earth, you would just be floating out in space with your own thoughts forever. That is why I wouldn’t want to live forever.
