Immortality Discovered

For thousands of years, humans have been on the quest for immortality. The Fountain of Youth has been sought after by some of the most notable explorers and conquerors of their age. Centuries of philosophers, writers, scholars, and everyday people have lamented over aging and death. This desire for eternal life and to remain young spans cultures, religions, and generations. And yet, what so many have not realized, is that is has already been discovered.

With each new class of kids, I try to impress upon them the importance of writing. I attempt to explain how enjoyable it can be and how meaningful an impact it can leave. As we begin every new essay or written response, I review these notions with my students. My enthusiasm for this subject is often met with rolled eyes, glazed over looks, and a few groans of annoyance at the repetition‒ you know, the typical middle school responses to an undesirable task. This continued for a time until one day, I made a connection that I could not wait to share with my students.

Consider that for a moment. It is the key to living forever. It is the foolproof way of sharing our own thoughts and ideas with the world, and to have those musings last. As long as people continue to read and discuss, what we’ve written will last.

Contemplate this: We still read ‘the classics’ of literature in our classrooms year after year. We hold such names as Mark Twain, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Harper Lee and so many others in incredibly high regard. We still read and reread their words; words that have shaped society and influenced innumerable minds. Their stories and all the symbolism and insight they hold have been, and still are, influential. We cannot place a value on them, nor do we foresee a time when we will not share these incredible pieces with future generations. They had an impact on our lives and will continue to have significance for many years to come.

Many of these well-renowned authors are no longer alive to speak to their ideals. They cannot stand in front of a crowd and use their charisma to shape the minds of those…

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