Le Myth тhe Er

As human being we all know that life is hard. Nothing comes easily and we have to work hard to get what we want. I see the years we spend on earth as a test given by god and I see the after life as our reward of suffering these many years on earth. I have always been wondering If life was a revolving door for us to leave and return to earth until we reach a level of personal perfection. But what I would chose if I would have the chance to pick my afterlifes? I have always wondered if after death I would wake up in a wonderful place and decide , after all the years spent on earth, of what I would do with my ‘new life’.

In the Myth of Er the souls, after spending thousands years in hell or heaven , are put all together in one room and are given the chance of choosing their new life ( animals , humans , plants.. ).Many options are given to them , the ‘goods ‘ will usually be seeking for a life full of wealth and power unlike the ‘’bads’’ who after thousand year of being punished for the bad actions they did in their previous life , will usually chose a common life as simple human being.

If I was one of those souls , what would I choose? If I would have the possibility of living again the life I am living right now , It would be my choice. Why ? I am honestly really happy with the life I have right now. I am not rich , I am not poor either , I am in the middle , I go to college and study what I’ve wanted to study since Im 10 years old , I have wonderful parents , an amazing boyfriend and incredible friends. I don’t need anything more to be happy. But in an other hand I am only 20 years old , I just stepped into the real world and haven’t seen much of it yet. Maybe with more experience my opinions about it will change in few years.

If I wouldn’t have the choice of living my life again I would chose a common and simple life as Ulysse did in the Myth of Er. I would never chose a life where everything is extreme ( money , power etc… ) because it wouldn’t do anything good on me. Greed is never good.There is a good example of it in the Myth of Er. The first individual who get to chose his afterlife is looking for more and more power so he chooses the life of tyrant ,expecting to have money and power.He realizes that this life includes a large number of ailments and cursed chance, demons and "everything but himself".

I expect to end my next life exactly the same way on how I expect to end the life I’m leaving right now. I want to get married ,get a house , get a job , have kids , and grow old , happy and accomplished with my family by my side. It sounds maybe ‘’ cliché “ but to me it’s the perfect life.For some people it might sounds boring because the definition of happiness is different from an individual to another but I believe that every human being has the right to seek for what make THEM happy and for me the life of a simple person , devoted to her family and work is the key of happiness.

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