This: No, you begin to experience immortality the first time you recognize the transience of experiences you thought were permanent, and more subtly, the

This: No, you begin to experience immortality the first time you recognize the transience of experiences you thought were permanent, and more subtly, the permanence of experiences you hoped were transient. As a thought experiment, pretending to be an immortal (ex vampire), how would one avoid the trap of permanence of experiences they hoped were transient? Being 41, my answer is to engage younger folks in search of naive energy and older folks in search for stories of experiences. I've found optimism in both.