Cycle

There was a time once when man hunted for food. The human anatomy and physiology allowed them to run, jump, climb, bite and get food any means that deemed necessary. Man could even swim well and hunt in the water. If they couldn't swim, they'ld use harpoons and javelins and nets to get food and it has never failed them.

But then, came a day when men thought that the food they were catching was not enough. So man created a thing called a boat that had paddles on it. It allowed men to hunt deeper into the sea where fish are present in abundance. Men really enjoyed this and started to try fish out more and more beings from the sea. They started bartering it with crops that men who lived on the hills grew. All in all, everything was great.

Then came a man who thought that it's unfair to trade rice with fish. Because with rice, you only need to plant it and let it grow. Back then, there was no fertilizers. All the used were animal poo to help the rice grow. Fishing men thought they worked a lot harder than the rice-growing men. SO they came up with money to make the value of the barter equal.

Seeing the fishermen were getting richer, the paddy field men started using cows and oxes to help them grow their crop. They could grow a lot more that way compared by just using their own man power. So paddy field men started using this method and it expanded throughout all the paddy growing regions. As time passed, even more sophisticated things were invented and the inventing continued.

The fishermen and farmers all gradually resorted to more 'modern' techniques to run their trade. From swimming and paddling, planting and harvesting, everything started to become motorised. All men were happy because it made life a lot easier for them. but unfortunately, they were becoming weaker physical wise as their muscles atophied and their stamina shrunk.

The olden days saw these type of men as strong as worriors, being able to take down a crocodile with their bare hands, wrestle a tiger and live to tell the story. But when they fell sick, it was difficult for them to recover and most of them passed away due to illness. Well, I guess theres always something to lose when you gain.

The modern people were less stronger but were healthier because they have better medicine. There are people called doctors and scientists who help modern people live longer. Thess modern people say they are living a better life compared to their ancestors. They can live up to 100years on average and are proud of it. They say everything nowadays are better. They don't have to walk or run or ride a horse to get from one place to another. They just buy these magical stuffs called tickets that allows them to get around and its much, much quicker and faster. I guess that's good then.

These modern people have everything so easy for them that they are no longer strong and muscular on the average level of society. More and more people are becoming fat and sluggish. There are now diseases which these people call diabetes, obesity, dementia and many more. I guess theres not really much difference from the primitive people. These people live longer and die another way. Its not like they live forever.

I would rather be people of the olden days where you live a shorter life, but very meaningful. You wake up in the morning thinking of your crops, livestock and the sea which you fish in. Day in day out, you do the same thing to keep yourself and your family alive. Everyone does the same thing and everyone is happy. Life might be shorter but I dare say, it wasn't wasted.

These people of the modern times are living a lot longer. They stress themselves up and get diseases like depression and anxiety. Whats worse, it's due to their own doing. Fishermen and farmes might get stressed but it would most likely to be nature caused than self inflicted. Anyway, back to the modern people. They live up to 100years but spend the last 20years of their lives not knowing who they are, who their children are or even being able to look after themselves. Because they don't look after themselves, they get all sorts of other secondary diseases. And yet, these people talk about high quality of life when they can't even urinate or defaecate at the right places. I'm not blaming them but which life would you opt for? If me, I'ld rather live a shorter life but knowing and being in control of myself. This is life i guess.

Remember me mentioning modern people are getting all sorts of modern diseases? Well, now they're all going back to primitive methods! They start running again on these machines called treadmills. My ancestor used to run around and boy I tell you he was as fit as an ox! I guess thats what I'm starting to do now. And soon, I believe they will say that running on a machine in a building is not good enough. So they'll make a wall that has electronic pictures of trees and streams and lakes just to give us the experience our ancestors had. But then they will also say that even with the screen or wall, there's not enough oxygen for us to breathe or not enough fresh air. So everyone will start running outdoors again, just like our ancestors.

Cars and lorries and motorbikes were created by modern people so that they can travel easily. But now they complain that these gadgets and toys are damaging the world. They want us to ride a bicycle now or walk if we can. I guess the world our ancestors lived in mustve been the best world ever since it wasn't damaged by these machines. They also say these machines are the cause of them getting fat. I pity these machines, they did no wrong! But its better having something else to blame than yourself right?

The younger modern people have books that allow them to play sports. Theyhave these stations that supplies sports. I just understand how this works. You see, when I play sports, I step on the grass, smell its scent, the mud's scent, the opponent's sweat, the shouting team mates. But now, everyone is inside this book, netbook i think (some are called computers, laptops or PCs). They want the experience and the fun but they don't want to get dirty. They don't want to sweat but they are concerned when the get fat. It's a bit ironic I think. Those stations (playstation i think) allows them to play with these figures and images that are no where near as real as actual people are. But modern people love it! I guess it saves them the effort of having to walk to the football field.

But now modern parents are concerned about their children and start to tell them to get out of the house and run around a bit. Can they blame their child? Soon, their children will grow up and die at a younger age than them because of diabetes, obesity, hypertension, heart attacks and all sorts. All those medicines they invented to help make humans healthier and live longer will go to waste. These future generations will go back dying at the same age their ancestors did.

Because modern people no longer hunt, they eat meat that are packed into metal tins or plastic packages. The source of their meat couldve been killed ages ago but the modern chemicals stop them from rotting. Modern people love it because its so much easier. You don't have to run, chase, spy or spend ages to get a good portion of meat like our ancestors had to. However, these preserved meat actually causes a disease that has an astronomical name: cancer. Modern doctors say if this disease run in the family, the later generations will develop it at a younger age and possibly die younger. It starts to make me wonder now.

Who's actually dying younger? Modern people or our ancestors? Its a cycle i guess. A very implicit one.