Abandoned

Abandoned but still in existence?

What is the value of a moment? Eternity? Many human activities gain their meaning from the fact that they are unrepeatable. We make choices, decisions that shape the people we become. Our joy in the immediate experience of the pattern of light and shade in a forest partly comes from the fact that it is a transient effect that we may never see again. Our mortality makes us value the present because we may not have a future. The pattern of our choices and its consequences give us our personal history. Yet if we are to live forever, this source of meaning won't be there for us. There will always be time to do everything. It is the fear of death and its finality that gives our lives much of the meaning that they have.

holier-than-thou, 2 years from now