Alright, guys, so today I was pondering over this deep question: “What is the worth of a single mortal life?” It’s a heavy one, I know. I didn’t have any grand plans for figuring it out, I just let the question sit in my brain and went about my day.
My Day of Contemplation
I started my day like any other – I made coffee, I checked my emails, the usual. But this question kept popping up in the back of my mind. It’s not like I could just Google the answer, you know?
- First, I just let the question simmer. No pressure, just thinking.
- Then, I went for a walk in the park. I saw families playing, couples holding hands, an old man feeding pigeons… all these individual lives, each with their own stories.
- I started thinking about how each person impacts others. Like, that old man feeding pigeons? He’s bringing joy to those birds, and maybe to some kid watching nearby. Small things, but they matter, right?
Later, I called my grandma. We talked for an hour, just catching up. She told me stories about her childhood, her struggles, her joys… It hit me that her life, one single life, has had this huge ripple effect on our whole family. Her experiences shaped my mom, who then shaped me, and so on.
I spent the evening reading some philosophical stuff. It’s not normally my thing, but this question really got to me. I’m not gonna pretend I understood everything, but it gave me some different perspectives to chew on. There are many views on the value of life.
My (Still Unfinished) Conclusion
So, did I come up with a definitive answer? Nope. Not even close. But I realized that maybe that’s the point. There’s no single, easy answer. The worth of a life isn’t some number you can calculate. It’s in the connections, the impacts, the stories, the love, the struggles… it’s all of it. And maybe, it’s something we each define for ourselves, in how we live and how we treat others.
It’s still a work in progress, this whole figuring-out-life thing. But I felt like sharing my messy, incomplete thoughts on it. Maybe it’ll spark something in you, too. I am still thinking about this subject now.
