Have you ever experienced being forgotten? Or have you ever been oblivious? Mostly, we are afraid of the things that we cannot control and of the things that are unavoidable. Sometimes, we are not even aware that we fear oblivion.
But what does oblivion mean? For those who are not familiar with this trending topic that is oblivion, by the definition given by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is “the fact or condition of forgetting or having forgotten; the condition of being oblivious; the condition or state of being forgotten or unknown”. Perhaps, it is a fear inside all of us. There are people who strive to be famous, do some legacy, and something that will leave a mark on this world for them to be remembered. Personally, it is my inside and kept fear. I am afraid that I have not done enough for this world, and that I will leave it alongside with the rotten flowers that once bloomed in a beautiful garden. For me, being paranoid, it is a sign of rejection and failure. But why do we keep on being afraid on something that is inevitable?
In popular culture and mainstream media, perhaps we all know this fictional character that shares the same sentiments as much as I do (and maybe some of you), from John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. It is a story about a sixteen-year old cancer patient Hazel Grace Lancaster and the seventeen-year old Augutus Waters who was an ex-basketball player and amputee. Without delving more into the plot of the story, it was shown how Augustus fear so much about oblivion for he always dreamed of being a hero, and be remembered as someone important, which did not happen for he died at the end of the story. But he (and us) learned something from Hazel, it is not important if you will die famous or not, or if everyone will remember who you are, for what matters the most is that if someone truly cared for you, it is more than enough and oblivion is something we should not be afraid of.
Why do we all want to be remembered? Perhaps it is something that makes us feel important, and if we are important, it just simply feels right, right? We feel loved whenever someone remembers us, even from the weirdest of things. It feels good whenever someone tell you that they remind you of a certain cartoon character, that you crossed their mind when they saw the trailer of the film that you always talked about, or when they saw a picture of your favorite anime and tell you that they thought of you because of it. But we must admit that being forgotten is something inescapable. There will come a time where our generation will be washed out with the new ones, and that we will have to step aside because our moments are already over. Each and every one of us will forget things, our subconscious mind pushing its way through our memories, leaving us nothing but ourselves. But just because we will be oblivious in the future does not mean that it will stop us from being happy at the present time. We may feel incomplete, always longing for something unknown, and paranoid about the things that will happen, but never should it be a hindrance on how we will value our lives and the people that we love. It is through maturity and acceptance that the fact about oblivion, no matter how painful, will still be a fact that we should take.
Oblivion is a scary truth, but if we are surrounded with the right people that make us feel more than enough, and those who brings out the best in us, we should be dauntless about the future.
But what does oblivion mean? For those who are not familiar with this trending topic that is oblivion, by the definition given by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is “the fact or condition of forgetting or having forgotten; the condition of being oblivious; the condition or state of being forgotten or unknown”. Perhaps, it is a fear inside all of us. There are people who strive to be famous, do some legacy, and something that will leave a mark on this world for them to be remembered. Personally, it is my inside and kept fear. I am afraid that I have not done enough for this world, and that I will leave it alongside with the rotten flowers that once bloomed in a beautiful garden. For me, being paranoid, it is a sign of rejection and failure. But why do we keep on being afraid on something that is inevitable?
In popular culture and mainstream media, perhaps we all know this fictional character that shares the same sentiments as much as I do (and maybe some of you), from John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. It is a story about a sixteen-year old cancer patient Hazel Grace Lancaster and the seventeen-year old Augutus Waters who was an ex-basketball player and amputee. Without delving more into the plot of the story, it was shown how Augustus fear so much about oblivion for he always dreamed of being a hero, and be remembered as someone important, which did not happen for he died at the end of the story. But he (and us) learned something from Hazel, it is not important if you will die famous or not, or if everyone will remember who you are, for what matters the most is that if someone truly cared for you, it is more than enough and oblivion is something we should not be afraid of.
Why do we all want to be remembered? Perhaps it is something that makes us feel important, and if we are important, it just simply feels right, right? We feel loved whenever someone remembers us, even from the weirdest of things. It feels good whenever someone tell you that they remind you of a certain cartoon character, that you crossed their mind when they saw the trailer of the film that you always talked about, or when they saw a picture of your favorite anime and tell you that they thought of you because of it. But we must admit that being forgotten is something inescapable. There will come a time where our generation will be washed out with the new ones, and that we will have to step aside because our moments are already over. Each and every one of us will forget things, our subconscious mind pushing its way through our memories, leaving us nothing but ourselves. But just because we will be oblivious in the future does not mean that it will stop us from being happy at the present time. We may feel incomplete, always longing for something unknown, and paranoid about the things that will happen, but never should it be a hindrance on how we will value our lives and the people that we love. It is through maturity and acceptance that the fact about oblivion, no matter how painful, will still be a fact that we should take.
Oblivion is a scary truth, but if we are surrounded with the right people that make us feel more than enough, and those who brings out the best in us, we should be dauntless about the future.