"The Mortal Immortal"

My TTh British lit class read "The Mortal Immortal" this week.  I really like this short story.  It's another Mary Shelley story and another one by her that I thoroughly enjoy.  I honestly don't know why anyone would read Percy's work over Mary's....her works are so much more interesting and relatable!  Not that I can relate to being immortal or bringing a creature to life, but still......LOL!

Of course, this story brings to mind all the stories we've all been exposed to over the years about immortality.  One of my favorites is the original Highlander series with Christopher Lambert as Duncan McCleod--"There can be only one!"  Oh!  Soooooo AWESOME!!!!!  Not to mention an adorable Scottish actor with an even more adorable Scottish accent!!!  Oh, wait a sec, I was talking about the theme of immortality.....yeah.  That's what makes the Highlander series so awesome....well, THAT and Christopher Lambert!!!!!!

I'm also looking foward to the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie that's due out this summer.  Captain Jack Sparrow goes in search of the Fountain of Youth--immortality.  Of course, isn't that what he's been after all along?  Immortality?  In the first movie, he lost it because the curse was broken.  In the second, he dies.  And in the third, he gives up his opportunity at immortality to save his friend, Will Turner.  Will he be successful in the 4th movie???  I can only wait on pins and needles to find out!  I'm so excited!

Would I want to be immortal if I had that door open to me???  Not here on this earth.  I expect a type of immortality when this life here on this earth is over, but I would NOT want to live forever here on earth.  I love my life.  I love the people I know and associate with--including my family--odd, I know!  I love my job--what I do and where I do it.  I love my house.  I just love life.  But to live forever here on earth?  Nahhhh.....even if I had the people I love to be immortal with me, by some chance, I wouldn't want to live forever.  Things have to come to their natural conclusions and that includes life.  I don't mind thinking about death....(Here comes a little bit of content about my faith, so if you don't want to read about that, you can stop reading now).....

.......because I know that I have a mansion of gold waiting for me, my children are waiting to welcome me home, I'll have a new, glorified (no longer FAT) body, and, best of all, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is waiting for me with arms wide open!  Yeah!  Why would I want to give all that up to live on earth forever????