On my field school which I seem to mention a lot I had a really interesting conversation with my professor and a grad student. We were talking about living forever, but not in a religious sense just like living on earth for years upon years but keeping your health (not the Gulliver's Travel version of immortality) and money not being a limiting factor. My professor and I decided that it might get boring after a while. Nothing new to try out, nowhere new to go. Assuming that you would go and try out everything in 500+ years. The grad student argued that he wouldn't get bored there was always something cool or interesting to do. Later my professor and I decided that our friend would be a perfect candidate for living forever because he does get excited about little things. My Mom is the same way. Comparatively I don't think I am like that, but in some cases and in some groups of people I think I am like that a lot.
So now whenever I see someone showing that excitement about eating carrots so only the core is left, or throwing rocks in the river just to hear them splash, or chasing rainbows, or watching the garbage truck take the garbage* and they are excited about it I think "you are a perfect candidate for living forever."
Basically it's like if you are able to see and do things like you are seeing and doing them for the first time it makes for a happier life experience so that you are less likely to get bogged down by the everyday humdrum of life.
Crazy that... I think I've heard that before. Be like a little child...
*all recent examples that I've seen (or done).
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