therein lies one of the key issues of my little quest. how far down the road do we look? in the long run, yes, we no longer exist (ignoring heaven, afterlives and reincarnation for the time being). in the medium run, serving humanity is one of my goals. in the short run, i am worrying where my next paycheck is coming from and where, if anywhere at all, my career is going. the problem is the medium run journey involves a bit of risk and one would hope to have a little bit of financial security before embarking on it. perhaps ironically, the people that need help do not have this benefit - the longer one takes, the later they get help.
if our current existence as we know it are in fact only a small portion of our larger existence, which way does the balance tip?
perhaps it's time to actually do the "time left" thought experiment. how would you live your life, if you had a week left? three months? a year? three years? ten years? thirty?
