Prophex writes:
Why would life be worth living without eternity?
Schrafinator writes:
I have a tiny, 100ml bottle of very special Balsamic vinegar which was gifted to me by the brothers who make it on their family's land in Modena, Italy.
The minimum age for all of the vinegar in that bottle is at least 45 years old, but much of it (as it is a blend of various ages of vinegar) is much older. They only bottle around 10 of these per year.
I haven't opened the bottle yet, but I will. I will open it and very occasionally consume very small amounts of it.
It will be glorious; a transcendent culinary experience that very few people have ever gotten to experience, and I will get to repeat it many times, and share it with my family and special friends.
And then this tiny bottle of special, rare vinegar will be empty.
Schrafinator has only one of these bottles. When it's gone, it's gone. Prophex also has such a bottle. But in Prophex's closet, there are a million bottles more, each containing an even better Balsamic vinegar. And when that closet is finally empty, there are a million other closets, waiting to be opened. Prophex will never be without the most exquisite Balsamic vinegar. Lucky Prophex.
But who do you think will cherish their first bottle more, Prophex? Could it be you, who has more of the finest vinegar than you could ever consume in all eternity? Or would it perhaps be Schrafinator, who must make do with the one bottle she has?
You ask why life would be worth living without eternity? Well, something good is only worth a lot if there isn't too much of it around, so I would venture that, without eternity, life is the most precious thing we can ever hope to enjoy.
This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 23-Jan-2006 12:47 PM
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