Immortality in a Mortal World
We are all aware we are mortal in this world. We have tragic reminders that our lives are finite. We see our friends and family pass away. However, even though our reality is clear that we have a finite time we do not feel like that in our day to day life.
Most days we may not think about death or passing away. This realisation only really comes to our minds when we are aware of it from someone else. If we were told we were going to die of a horrible disease we are more likely to be aware of our mortal nature. However, in our day to day life, this is not something we do or remember.
Due to this inability, to recognise our mortality, we believe we are immortal. This is especially true in our youth. We are more likely to take part in riskier activities and do things that we know in ourselves is immoral. This dangerous partition in our mortality makes us not realise our actions and our consequences. This may lead us to take things too far and risk our health such as taking up smoking or extreme activities.
Life is really about taking risks, but I feel we need to realise the risks we take now has a genuine impact on our lives. We should not be narrow-minded about the short term pleasures we may gain which may lead to long term pain.
We also need to take advantage of the fact, although we are mortal and our time is spent doing things, there is only so much one person can do. By allowing others to help you with projects you are elongating the time available to you and are able to get more done.
We also need to remember about our quality of life. We spend so much time doing as well we ruin the quality of life we have. Many wishes to live a long and fulfilled life yet our diet and physical health weaken as we whittle away in front of our screens. I hope this serves as a reminder to pursue a better diet and lifestyle to help elongate and keep us healthier for longer. I have met so many people who are now in their thirties complaining they wish they did better to keep their mental health and physical health in check. It may not seem like much now but overtime this too will catch up to you.
I feel a constant reminder of our mortality gives us a bit more of an urge to get things done. For me, the forgetfulness of mortality, as freeing as it may be, also deludes me into thinking I can keep procrastinating away my time. This constant reminder provides me the urge to do more but with a balance. I have sometimes taken this concept too far and ended up hurting my mental and physical health. Constraints in life give us opportunities and clever ways to better utilise what we have. So think to yourselves how well you are using your time.
