I
found a piece of paper that described two different fantasy worlds on my mom’s book
shelve. I was unable to scan it into the computer because the print was too
faded. I decided to write about which world I would choose if I was forced to
make one. This was a hard choice because both imaginary worlds had so many
problems. There were some likable qualities but the bad over shadowed them.
However, reading these scenarios has taught me about myself, my life and even
about death.
If I had to choose one of these worlds to live
in it would have to be the one in the second scenario. I don’t choose this one
because I would live forever but because I would be able to have a relationship
with my family and friends. In the other world, where you only live one day,
people never take the time to be family and friends. When they pass a person on
the street, they glance their way then hurry on. If they go for tea, they are
constantly watching the clock because they know exactly how many hours they have
left. When they only live one day, half of their life is spent in either the
light or the darkness, depending on when they were born. When the light
changes, the people are scared and they don’t know what to do. They only seen
one season; summer, winter, spring or fall. Each person only sees what is
blooming right then. People spend their whole lives hurrying about, rushing and
nervously studying the changing angles of the shadows. Parents have died at
midnight or midday. Siblings have moved away to different cities to seize that
passing opportunity. Friends have changed as the sun moves across the sky. You end
up alone, realizing you know no one and no one knows you. Their life is scattered
in pieces of conversations, “forgotten by fragments of people”. I would not choose this life. It’s a life of
loneliness without family, friends and loved ones.
The other world, though it too has its
down falls, is the one I would chose to live in. As stated earlier, I did not
choose this world because I would get to live forever; I chose it because
family is the most important thing in my life. In this world, the population of
each city is split in to two groups: the Laters and the Nows. The Laters
believe that there is no rush because they literally have forever to do what
they want. There is no hurry to read a book, go back to school, learn another
language, to fall in love or raise a family. There will always be time, so there
no need to speed through life. They wear loose clothes, sip coffee for hours or
have a leisurely walk. They can easily slip into a conversation discussing the
possibilities of life. The Nows have a different belief system. They believe
that because life in infinite and so are the amount of things they can do. They
can have an infinite number of jobs. They can marry an infinite number of
people an infinite number of times. They can have any career they want and as
many as they want. They are constantly reading book, learning new languages and
trades. To get the most out of life, the Nows begin early in life and never
slow down. They are the owners of businesses, the doctors, the college
professors, and the politicians. They
rock their leg when they sit and they miss nothing. When they meet another Now,
they compare life successes and trade information, all the while glancing at
their watches. When Laters meet another
Later, they ponder life and the future.
Each have huge families because no one
ever dies. The down side to this family is that one person cannot just ask one
parent about any one thing. That parent then has to ask his or her parent and
so on and so forth. This means nothing
will ever be finished. No one will ever be able to make a decision on their own.
Bridges will only be half finished; building will have no roofs and sentences
left unfinished. Engagements will be broken just before weddings and people
will always be conscious of who is watching them.
So if I had to choose what world to live
in I would choose the over baring families and the indecisive actions verses
the life of loneliness and emptiness. I
would take the crazy, never ending family tree over the idea of dying without a
single person knowing or caring. With any life worth living, you have to take the
good and the bad. The choice is hardly ever easy and the cons may outweigh the
pros 2/1 but sometimes there is that one thing you can’t live without. I could
not live without my family and that doesn’t just include blood related family.
I believe every person you choose to share important parts of your life with
are family. Life would not be worth living without them.
