Exercise your human mind as thoroughly as possible,

              knowing it is only an exercise.

              Build beautiful artifacts, solve problems,

              explore the secrets of the physical universe.

              Savor the input from all the senses.

              Feel the joy and sorrow, the laughter, the empathy, compassion...

              and tote the emotional memory in your travel bag.

              I remember where I came from and how I became a human.

              Why I hung around. And now my final departure is scheduled.

              This way out. Escaping velocity.

              Not just eternity, but infinity.

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