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To me, it doesn't matter whether people knew that I existed or not. What does that knowledge gain you after you've gone? Your life still has significance due to the way that you interact with people who are alive now.
Who's had the most significant contribution to life?
Someone who was famous as they appeared on Big Brother? Or a doctor who showed care, beyond their duty, to their patients?
Now I'm not saying that I'm a doctor but I can influence people's lives around me & intend to do so where possible.
What scares me is the whole lights off, never again, feeling. Even there, I know that I'll be at a point where I won't know about it & so the concept only affects me while I'm thinking about it.
I'm more concerned about seeing my family & I grow old & all the pain that comes with old age. Would be far scarier the idea of seeing my dad with dementia, for example, than the concept of me not existing. That said, I do want to believe in an after life.
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