2012. It’s the New Year that is just around the corner. 2012. It marks the completion of our first semester of college. 2012. It is also the apparent apocalypse of the human civilization. I’m sure you’ve heard about it before, and possibly even worried about it yourself. It’s amazing how everyone seems to think they will live forever until they are given a supposed “fixed date” of their deaths. Some will take it as their last chance to be religious and ask for forgiveness for their lives of partying and negligence, and others will take it as their last opportunity for the biggest party of all time. People are so worried about dying in the year 2012 that they lost view of the bigger picture: Your world ends when YOU die, and that could be any second. You could die right now, or ten years from now; No human knows. I could get hit by a car on my way to Baruch College. You could get struck by a nuclear bomb. But the reality is that eventually you and I will die. That being said, why do we hold onto this life so much? All the clothes and accessories I have will be gone once I turn to dust, so why do I care about them so much? We try so hard to hold onto the material aspect of this world that we don’t acknowledge this is all temporary and an illusion. I’m not trying to be pessimistic, I’m just trying to put things in perspective (especially for myself). I need to wake up. I need to stop caring about my ego. I need to stop caring about how I look to others. I need to stop worrying about finite things and be more greatful about my own existence. That way, I could do things in this world with the best of intentions; Intentions that are not temporary and last even beyond death. Sadly, I’m not there yet…
My City Life
