Why Do People Want to Survive?
Discussion topic for the weekend.
Or is it?
My mother had ovarian cancer at the age of 26. She was sweating copiously during the nights and, eventually, she was diagnosed and had a surgery.
A month later, she had to go to a checkup and the “doctor” tried his smart-ass talk on her, upon which she responded,
“Doctor, I know exactly as much about my condition as you do. Notice that you don’t have a pass to live any longer than I will.”
A year later, when she went back for the next appointment, the nurse told her,
“Madam, ever since you left, I’ve kept thinking about you. The doctor, only a month later, died in a car accident, taking his wife and his two children with him.”
She lived for another 56 years.
It has always baffled me that people simply want to “survive.” Have they ever lived?
So, why? Here are a few ideas, only as a warm-up:
They follow their animal instincts to survive;
They are conditioned to survive;
They haven’t done any good in their lives and need some more time;
They have nothing better to do;
They are afraid of dying;
They are afraid of what might come next…
The list is endless. Your contributions are needed. Why?
Furthermore, it is a good question: why would people deserve to live?
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/why-should-humans-survive
That’s the spirit!
Please, notice that while I have written the call for comments and a conversation, in weekend conversations, I keep my presence at the bare minimum, assuming the commenters mutually show respect to each other, don't digress from the topic, don't BS, and don't use gutter talk. :)
As you point out we are victims of ourselves. Survivors, some of us, but when we look at the entire sad history it is pretty clear what we have sown so far. Very sad compared to other species. Poison to them, poison to ourselves. Killers on the road. For “survival”. Maybe I’ll write more about it someday, lol.