Immortality

This is an inquiry of man's longing to be immortal.

It is often said that man's sole purpose is that we live to die. However, the manner in which i believe it should be viewed is that we die to live. If it weren't for death, what purpose would we have in life? There are so many different people, so many different events, that exist simultaneously in a single second that it is only sensible that each second should be taken advantage of. Death allows us to be alive. And not alive in the sense that we are functioning human beings, but that it sparks spontaneity and adventure in our lives. Death allows us to break through the tedium of our circadian routines. We can finally be free.

But with a physically immortality, there is enough life to experience all that this world has to offer. However, what if you were able to be immortalized in a way that didn't serve your own purpose, but for others. Isn't that an immortality we can strive for? There are immortals that live today just like that. Even though we know that they passed away, what did they leave behind? How were they immortalized? What can death do to us in a way that we can achieve immortality? It can fuel us, propel us, and challenge us to do better each and every day. It can give us the energy every morning to make a change in the world. It can give us the tools to do anything we want, if we so choose. Living life to its fullest is a reckless way to live; albeit enjoyable, it only does so to serve your own desires. But everyday we talk about chance, especially with the upcoming election, but really what are we doing - except for voting - that can create a change?

Now, not everyone can change the world so drastically that they deserve global praise, but we can all immortalize ourselves on a even more local scale. We can save a person's life and immortalize yourself in stories told, or even be the shining example that some people wish to see. I challenge you, the reader, to spark a revolution, excel in everything you do, break free of routine. No matter how small it your efforts may be; make a change, benefit our society, break free from the monotony, challege structure, and immortalize yourselves.

This is a tribute to the immortals that reign superior to me:
Sir Isaac Newton, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Carl Jung, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Rembrandt van Rijn, Johann Sebastian Bach, and any others i may have forgotten. I can't wait to join you in the ranks.

If I have seen further, it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants
-Sir Isaac Newton