I think we've got it backwards. We wish for everlasting beauty, everlasting love, and a long life. Maybe we should take in the short burst of goodness while we can and stop obsessing with thinning everything out so we can hold on to them longer. We end up sacrificing too much for some sort of immortality. Just because it is a short life doesn't mean it can't be a good life. Just because all things come to an end one day doesn't mean we have to spend all our days looking for a cure. Maybe a limited life is not sickness. A limited life is precious.