Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Labyrinth of Suffering

If given the choice, would I live forever?

NO! I would never ever, ever want to live forever. I don't know why anyone would want to live forever. What's the point? I just don't want to live for a long time. Not even long enough to go to a nursing home. If I do live forever, I would feel miserable. I would watch my friends and family die, while I'm still stuck living life. I would get so tired of going to everyone else's funerals. What I'm saying is that I would be sad and lonely after awhile. I would be stuck. In the book Looking for Alaska by John Green (highly recommended), Alaska seems to always be thinking about something she read, which said, "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?" She later thought that the labyrinth was suffering and everyone is stuck in a maze. If I live forever I would lose everyone I love and I would suffer. I would be stuck in this labyrinth of suffering. My only way out would be to die and possibly join them in afterlife if there really is one, which is the biggest mystery.
     "Now comes the mystery." ~last words of Henry Ward Beecher

books read: 7

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