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Originally Posted by will19
I wish I could go back to when I was younger, too. During the teen years I only had one great girlfriend and that was it. And as it turned out, she's the only one I ever loved, even up to today. I felt like I had Attention Deficit in my child and teen years; so I've felt like I could have done better with academics and sports.
When I got into my 50s that's when health issues started. Before that, I was in practically perfect health. The skin cancers started. Then other things such as infections, bronchitis a couple of times, and prostate cancer. I feel fine now, but not quite the same as before.
And now in my life it's very hard to make friends and keep them. I feel like there's nothing much to look forward to in the future. I feel like what's ahead is loses of people, health, and possibly money.
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And people say that time heals... Time does anything but heal.
I am honestly terrified of aging. The thought of growing old is something that brings me dread every time that I think about it. I know that once I become old, nobody will care about me. All people seem to care about is the youth; once you get to a certain point in age, people stop caring about you in favor of the "younger generations". It's like society sees people as being no different than a smartphone or a clothing style that they can simply abandon when becomes outdated.
Oh well, at least there might be a way to either reverse or circumvent the aging process in my lifetime. There is an entire movement of brilliant and innovative people who think that it is possible either reverse the aging process entirely, or to replace failing parts of the body with cybernetic implants or synthetic organs to circumvent aging. People might think that it's a little far fetched, but I'm an avid follower of the transhumanist movement.
Regardless of my opinion, this world and humanity as a whole is broken and it needs to be repaired. We need to build a better world and a better humanity.