"If you could have one of the following, what would it be? Live forever. Endless money. Ability to read minds. Always being happy."
I obviously knew that infinite money was the wrong choice in this case, so I did not consider it.
I immediately ruled out the last two. The ability to read minds, although in theory sounds like a positive, the movie "What Women Want" ruined that for me. Voices in your head that you can't turn off or control... sounds like a crazy person to me. Not to mention annoying. Plus, what about that mean b-word of a girl that you know. I do NOT want to know what she thinks about me. No thanks. Also, the always being happy sounds like a winner at first too. Let's think about it though. Who wants to be happy all the time? Not I. Sometimes we need to be mad or sad or chill. That's impossible when you're happy all the time. How could I cry in "The Notebook" if I was always happy. Plus, if you're happy all the time, you become accustomed to the happiness, thus your happy feeling becomes normal. Being happy would just feel like the average to you.
Finally I thought about living forever. Although it could be nice, I'm not sure if the drawbacks would outweigh the benefits. You would have time to travel anywhere you wanted, and you could meet billions of interesting people. You would gain knowledge and see the world progress (or digress). Yet, everyone that you would ever meet and care about would eventually pass on and leave you. Also, I ask at what state our bodies would be. Would we keep a young adult body or would our physical being continue to decay for eternity?
I made a complete circle and looked again at infinite money. Although money doesn't buy happiness, this option seems the most practical. The other options don't seem at all appealing and seem to point to a life full of discontent.
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