Would there still be anyone who dares to do what they know isn’t right/good for them and or will bring them nothing but regret?
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Surely, when people have children and grand children, sooner or later, one way or another, they begin telling their offspring about what’s bad for them, what not to do, what will bring only harm, or just anything to avoid in general.
Yet, the natural curiosity and rebel in the youthful souls often (if not always) choose to avoid those warnings. They do what they were told to avoid, over and over again, and eventually, the cycle continues. The offspring of their offspring would also ignore the warnings for the sake of “experiencing the lesson in disguise” themselves, and when they grow up, they’ll tell the same thing to their descendants.
The things to “avoid” can be as simple as falling in love to the person that’ll only hurt you, or not to get attached to anyone that doesn’t take too much time thinking or caring about you, or not to get high on things that’ll get you addicted in a way that will only harm you. Even simpler, the “warnings” can also be in the form of “advises”: to make sure you stay healthy, to workout, to care more about your family, to eat fruits, to be confident, to read books, and so on. Still, most of them would not do it anyway.
Then, just when the realization hits them, they’re all already worn and tattered from all those wrongdoings and regrets, and commonly, this happens when they reach old age. When they have only little time to “reset” and do something about their regrets. Just when they know exactly what to do and not to do, just when they actually have the will to “obey” the warnings set by previous generations, they lose the chance and time to do so.
If only every individual could live for.. say, a thousand years, can this cycle be avoided? Or..
Will humankind always be trapped in this.. mortal cycle of “curiosity” of “doing the bad but interesting” things?