Our days are composed of lots of little things that we don't even pause to think about. These tend to be the automatic parts of our lives such as when we reflexively clean something off a table, file something away, or even something as basic as breathing.... Our days are composed of lots of little things that we don't even pause to think about. These tend to be the automatic parts of our lives such as when we reflexively clean something off a table, file something away, or even something as basic as breathing....
Watching what we eat is second nature for some of us. After all, we put in the effort to make our meals, manage our snacks, and in general make sure that we're eating the sorts of things that our body wants. We all cheat sometimes too....
In many ways, it seems like the quest to figure out some way to live forever has been with us even before human civilization took hold. Stories from one of our oldest civilizations touch on the desire and pursuit of it in the face...