Write an essay
" How can your existence matter someone " in about 120 to 150 words
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Does your life matter?
It might, to those close to you, and yourself. Your life will end, perhaps of some malady, starvation, or of a violent death. As the years wear on, you will be forgotten. No one will ever utter your name again, and those of your parents’, or your children’s, past a few generations, lost - to the march of time and relevance.
Even now, important figures in human history can only be remembered from a few thousand years past. Forget the average farmer, slave or tradesman. And that was from times long ago, where the human population was never above a few dozen millions.
Every 10 seconds, 18 people are dead. Do you ever consider those people? Do you ever mourn for those you do not know, will not ever know and have no interest in knowing? In all likelihood, they are a mere statistic to you. As they are to me.
So I guess that’s the thought process behind why I don’t think my existence is important. If, or when, I die, obviously those who were close to me would feel saddened for a period. But come a few decades and I would most likely have been relegated to a name on a family tree. Do I feel depressed by this? No. Because billions of others have met the same historical irrelevance.
But how do we measure importance? Is it in how we are remembered, or by how many? After all, the human I spoke of that lived 120,000 years ago probably is one of my ancestors, and yours too. His or her impact is farther than one would fathom, in the form of Homo sapiens found all over this Earth. But we will never know their name, nor think of them unless we are studying human evolution. Though they had their own relationships, moments both happy and sad, and life experiences, no one will or would think or remember theirs. Billions of people’s lives are lost to history, never to be remembered again. These people will eventually include your grandparents’, your parents’ and then you and your descendants’ lives.
In the end, you choose to define your own existence. Whether you think it is important for you is up for yourself to decide. For example, should you decide to devote your life to the advancement of the human race - by making some sort of impact on the general condition of everyone - by exploring the vast frontiers of space, or finding a cure for age, or just helping other people - I’d argue your life does have meaning, and a real impact.
I believe my existence is important, as I bring fulfillment to my family and friends. And, obviously, my existence is important to me. But when I think on the grand scale of time and space, as has been stated before - my existence is utterly unimportant.