Immortality and the Passing of time...

Today I thought about immortality. What would it do to a human spirit? You would never need a watch. What for? Time would really be a non-entity. Days would merge together, one right after another. Would boredom set in? A favorite saying of my generation is "There are not enough hours in the day." Which begs the question, what 'IF' we did have all the time in the world. What would we do? Would we become attached to people? Develop relationships? Or would the pain of death & grief be so strong over the years, that you would become hardened, cynical even.

The question is how to show this. How to portray that for one time marches on, a body ages while the other does not. What torture that would be, to know that the one you love will remain long after you are gone. Would you be afraid that they would forget you? In a year, twenty years, a thousand years? What would keep the memory strong. How could you love knowing this fact? Or would you love in spite of it. Every moment would be precious. I would want every second to be important. I wouldn't worry about the mundane things in life like the laundry that is piled high, the kitchen floor that needs to be mopped. No, for me, I would want to spend every waking hour with the one I loved. I would never want to sleep, for eternal sleep would come only too soon.

I think that we, in our hustle bustle world forget that we only have such a short time here on this earth. How many times, do we say "Just one second" can you "Hold on I'm in the middle of something" When our loved ones ask us a question. Even for me, I make sure that the ones I love know that I love them. Every morning, and every night. Whether it is a kiss upon the forehead or the sweet soft touch of my lips to my husbands before he goes to sleep. Or that quick kiss in the morning, and that "I love you, Have a good day" before he leaves to go to work. That is important to me. Because we never know when death shall visit our door.