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Date Posted: Sat July 07, 2007 22:55:43
Author: Tenken
Subject: An eternity for perfection
In reply to: Comicality 's message, "A New Dark Question..." on Sat April 14, 2007 00:05:11

This post actually brings up a point i've considered and dealt with in my life to date, and so i thought i might share...though i doubt it'll make sense to many of you.

With an eternity to do anything, or maybe only a week depending on how quickly someone might get himself killed, it seems that pursuit of perfection would be the best goal, no matter what you plan to do with it.

For Com, it might be a network to allow his dreams to survive him. For me, physical perfection has been the point of training in real life, and would doubtless be the goal given an eternity.

All of our hopes and dreams are cut short by mortality...but with an eternity, you COULD actually train over and over, get faster, more accurate, stronger, BETTER, with each passing year. The nice thing is that progress would be infinite; the downside is that progress would be infinite. No goal would ever be attainable.

So yes, in a roundabout way, mine would be martial perfection, training incessantly for the sake of the training itself. That is a goal worth pursuing. Actions of using it to protect or benefit would be tests of progress and inconvienances at best. The training is its own goal for me.

Damn, now i'm feeling wistful. I'd love to spend the next 1,000 years forcing myself to work harder and harder. Weird sounding, i know...shhh

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Replies:

Wow, interesting! -- Comicality, Wed July 11, 2007 04:06:56
- Me like ^^ -- Tenken, Fri July 13, 2007 22:52:57
  - Yeah, and just think.... -- Comicality, Sun July 15, 2007 04:59:48