The pain from eternal things

        People often say: nothing lasts forever, good or bad. If it were possible for evil or good to impose its will on the world depending on the situation, would humanity survive under either condition? By the way, we are talking about eternal things, and whether it would be good for one of them to last forever.
        When we wish evil for someone, it is a kind of disease that consumes our body and our soul. Living eternally and wishing evil for petty reasons, this behaviour could be a punishment we impose on our body. Misers who accumulate money and, consequently, consume their lives trying to become richer are predestined to live alone and isolated from the world, surrounded by their goods. They feel pain; however, apparently, they do not perceive it; it exists and shapes a kind of mould in their existence.
          Tyrants who remain in power cause huge pain to their people who depend on them. Or, regardless of the people’s will, they impose and drive their existence.
        Dictatorships seem to last an eternity, but this kind of evil will disappear one day, after causing the worst possible pain. No doubt, it would be terrible for humanity if evil lasted forever, disturbing people. And the good, how would it be? Would we be happier and lazier, because there was no more evil? Regardless of the facts, would there be privileged people beyond evil or good?
          When an economic model subjugates the poorest, it is a kind of evil that preserves poverty. The question is whether this model is over and gives rise to another, more oppressive one.
         The good, however, has its nuances. While something sounds good, it can hide evil within it. The good has its moments of kindness to make everyone feel good. It is not in an economic model, but when people decide to change their behaviour, whether the world, their lives or their perspectives.
        Can eternal things cause pain? We talked about evil and good as things that end. When we thank someone who helps us in difficult moments, it is not an obligation; it is a pleasure. When we are living through hard and uncontrollable times and a hand appears to take us from the depths of a hole, a place where we could stay forever, only eternity would be enough to demonstrate our gratitude.
        Dreams and desires are part of eternal things. If we have desires and do not have the opportunity to experience them, they will become the origin of our pain. When we start our lives, we draw our dreams and desires like a diary for the future. When we arrive in the future and our dreams do not materialise, we realise that the time we gave to them is no longer enough.
        This frustration will become pain and suffering. Dreams become nightmares when we do not manage to materialise them; at the same time, they become pain when we do not manage to revive them.
        And what about eternal love?
       When people meet their love – the one who will be their twin soul – would it be a divine present? After many years of living together, they understand that it is impossible to live without each other; those who speak to us only through their eyes, and we respond with the brightness of ours. The one who waits for us with open arms and smiles after a hard day. Or the one we eagerly await because their absence for a few hours or seconds seems like an eternity.
     Perhaps the most intense pain among eternal things is the impossibility of living without our love, or when the one we love becomes a memory. A broken love, after years of exchanged experiences and shared dreams, suddenly disappears: how is it possible to live with the memory of pain?
       Love exists forever and stays with both those who go to eternity and those who lose their love, and it becomes a memory. What is the extent of the pain of those who love forever?

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