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Reincarnation

PROMPT: Do you believe in reincarnation? If you could come back to Earth after you're done living this current life- but could only come back as an inanimate object- what would you choose, and why?

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I don’t know for certain if reincarnation is possible. It might be if the earth life is some kind of a school or a lab. There is so much to learn, and one lifetime is not enough for it. There isn’t even enough time for me to read all the books I have hoarded thus far. At this going pace, I’ll need more than ten long lifetimes.

As to the second question, if I can only come back as an inanimate object, I would want to be a writing implement of some sort, like a pen, pencil, tablet, or whatever else that needs to be invented.

As they say, the pen is mightier than a sword. I can bet it is even mightier than the most powerful bomb invented so far. A bomb destroys but its effects are gone in time, maybe a long time, but they are gone eventually. The writing implements’ effects can stay longer. Sophocles’ plays are still being sold. The Vedas of 1700 BC are still on sale in several book forms in Amazon. Even the stone tablets of long-gone eras have managed to survive.

So, can you blame me for wanting to stick around?