A few years back I was living the high life. My grades were good in school, I had good friends, and I had a loving family. I would come to school with a smile on my face because I know the day would be easy. My school was always easy, the assignments were a walk in the park, and even when I slipped it always seemed like there was someone there to catch me. I ended my soft more year top of my class without even trying. Life was great and I thought the world itself couldn’t touch me. I was bullet proof. I thought that the world would stay that way forever, that I would be the best without even having to try. Unfortunately, I was wrong in my assessment of my stability.
It all started innocently enough, just some idle thoughts being discussed among friends. We talked about time, space, the meaning of existence, etc. However, during the conversation, I came to a startling conclusion, “nothing we do in this world can matter”. If human beings are mortal and, are destined to die, why do we do anything in this world? After asking myself and my friends this question, I was disturbed that none of us could come up with a sufficient answer. No matter how hard we tried any line of logic we came up with would always end with the words, “well we are going to die, and as …show more content…
However, when one thinks of it logically it is the only truth in the universe. Human beings by nature are mortal creatures, this much is obvious. No one can avoid dying forever, and when we die the only thing left is our works and the memories of those who know us. So, one may conclude that the things we do matter because they can influence the world around us. Unfortunately, the effects we make, from a universal point of view, are inconsequential and infinitesimal at best. This feeling of not mattering in the universe we inhabit sent me down a path of depression and lethargic
It all started innocently enough, just some idle thoughts being discussed among friends. We talked about time, space, the meaning of existence, etc. However, during the conversation, I came to a startling conclusion, “nothing we do in this world can matter”. If human beings are mortal and, are destined to die, why do we do anything in this world? After asking myself and my friends this question, I was disturbed that none of us could come up with a sufficient answer. No matter how hard we tried any line of logic we came up with would always end with the words, “well we are going to die, and as …show more content…
However, when one thinks of it logically it is the only truth in the universe. Human beings by nature are mortal creatures, this much is obvious. No one can avoid dying forever, and when we die the only thing left is our works and the memories of those who know us. So, one may conclude that the things we do matter because they can influence the world around us. Unfortunately, the effects we make, from a universal point of view, are inconsequential and infinitesimal at best. This feeling of not mattering in the universe we inhabit sent me down a path of depression and lethargic