150 years from now, none of us reading this post today will be alive. 70 percent to 100 percent of everything we are fighting over right now will be TOTALLY forgotten.
If we go back down memory lane to 150 years before us, that would be 1872. None of those who carried the world on their shoulders back then are alive today. Almost all of us reading this will find it difficult to picture anybody’s face from that era.
Pause for a while and imagine how some of them betrayed their relatives and sold them as slaves for a piece of mirror. Some killed family members just for a piece of land, tubers of yam, cowries, or for a pinch of salt. Where is the yam, the cowries, the mirror, or the salt that they were using to brag? It may sound funny to us now, but that is how silly we humans are sometimes, especially when it comes to money, power, or trying to be relevant!
Even when you claim the internet age will preserve your memory, consider the example of Charli D’Amelio. Charli D’Amelio is one of the most followed individuals on TikTok, with over 155 million followers, and has been a dominant figure in social media since her rise to fame in 2019. Imagine the influence she has had on the younger generation with her dance videos and lifestyle content. However, in 150 years to come, her name, when mentioned, will likely not ring any bell for a lot of people.
This illustrates how fleeting fame and memory can be, even in the age of the internet. Despite her current massive influence, the passage of time will eventually erase her from the collective memory, just as it does with all other temporary icons of our time.
Let us take life easy; nobody will get out of this world alive. The land you are fighting and ready to kill for—someone left that land, and that person is dead, rotten, and forgotten. That will also be your fate. In 150 years to come, none of the vehicles or phones we are using today to brag will be relevant.
Let love lead. Let’s be genuinely happy for each other. No malice, no backbiting, no jealousy, no comparison. Life is not a competition. At the end of the day, we will all transit to the other side. It is just a question of who gets there first, but surely we will all go there someday.
