We've all heard the stereotype that high school and college students think they are invincible and immortal. At what point does reality set in?
After contemplating my own mortality and my growing awareness of it, I have concluded that this change in mentality is not really age related. As you get older you do not suddenly realize that you are capable of being hurt. The root of our awareness of mortality is health insurance.
I could do anything, not worry about it, do whatever, until I started having to actively pay for something that tells me I will get sick and die. It is not wisdom with age that taught me, but the debt I owe to this company which profits from my frailty that has brought the revelation of my own mortality.
After contemplating my own mortality and my growing awareness of it, I have concluded that this change in mentality is not really age related. As you get older you do not suddenly realize that you are capable of being hurt. The root of our awareness of mortality is health insurance.
I could do anything, not worry about it, do whatever, until I started having to actively pay for something that tells me I will get sick and die. It is not wisdom with age that taught me, but the debt I owe to this company which profits from my frailty that has brought the revelation of my own mortality.
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