Imagining for an instant the end of the world draws a list of possible catastrophes with terrible images of that moment.
Movies, stories, books, cultures, religions, prophecies, everywhere you can find different versions of the end of humanity.
These ideas alone awaken in us a roller coaster of emotions, we also imagine ourselves clinging to life, escaping from danger, from death itself, surviving would be a miracle, becoming the only survivor of mankind could be considered a blessing or perhaps a curse, depending on the position in which we look at it.
This new round of the Contest writing contest prompts us to get creative through this interesting question:
If after an apocalypse or for some strange reason I ended up being the only survivor on this earth, I would consider it a miracle and at the same time I would feel unfortunate, because in my life to imagine such a big world at my disposal without the company of my loved ones would be a panorama of terror and extreme loneliness.
My mind would enter into an emotional conflict, to assimilate that there is no human being but me would take me hours to assimilate it, my mind would start to formulate thoughts of all kinds.
Fear would be part of the process, to accept that reality, to be the only person alive in such a giant and unknown planet, with so many wonders, dangers, it would be a challenge to imagine survival.
The truth is that perhaps the first day would be difficult, as well as the following days, my only option would be to adapt, to protect my life the time I have to be on earth.
Climate change, pandemics, wars, whatever the reason I am alone on earth, the truth is that I am alive and life goes on, after going through a moment of confusion my first thoughts would be to think about my survival, what I need, look for a safe place, look for food, water and first aid items.
If I get a gun on the road I might take it for my safety, the fact that I am the only human does not keep me away from danger, the animals are also out there and maybe they are as confused as I am.
Now I have plenty of time for myself, to think, organize myself and enjoy the world, however loneliness is not good company while my mind is on activities, concentrated, it will be easier to adapt to being without other people.
I must invest my time in things that will help me to carry that emptiness, I know that there will be a world full of places, structures, beaches, rivers, that I do not know, leaving my refuge zone would be an option, an important point is that there is also much to learn about the earth itself, nature, animals, the trace of technology that humanity left, medicine, everything will be there for me alone.
There are things that now I do not know, I would have to look for that knowledge of how to take advantage of the trace that human beings left, that would imply studying, reading as much as I can, because it is easy to imagine traveling around the world, the problem is that in a world where there is only you there will be no one to fly the planes, drive a car, there will be no services, much technology is far away from you, so you have to develop plans.
The company of animals will also help to lessen the sadness, several small animals near me such as dogs, cats, would be welcome in my world.
Although I can take what I want from the world, there are things I know I would change, my decision in terms of food would be to be vegetarian, supplies would also have a limit, so whether or not I want to go out and explore this world a little and see with my own eyes what is left of humanity.
Something that I will never lose in this process of survival is my faith in God, I know that at the beginning it will be hard to understand the reason why I will be the only survivor on earth, I will have many questions, that time will be to be closer to my faith, at the end of this story I will feel grateful for the opportunity to know so many details of the earth and humanity.
Sometimes we dream that we have it all, but if one day that dream comes true and we have the world at our feet, without restrictions, without governments, without laws, it would be a challenge, time alone on earth where it would take us, we would be willing to discover that world beyond our borders or the chaos in our mind would drag us into the darkness, it is interesting to look for those answers, to imagine that moment.
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