So Savvy

Something my Chief at the Fire Department mentioned, still rings in my head like some annoying bell. He told me not to think too seriously about it, and I'm not, but it makes like seem just that much more real.
He said that I could go on a call, and never come back.
It's not so much a scary thought, at all. I had thought the exact same thing when first joining the department. Then I thought that if I didn't die trying, then I didn't try hard enough. Now, all I can think about is being burned alive because I fell through a roof. Something about the crackling of the fire burning my flesh haunts me every waking minute.
He told me that people stink when they're burned, that it's a smell you will never forget. I know I plan on joining a bigger, city department when I eventually turn 18 and complete fire one, but that just isn't one of the things I am looking forward to about the job, the smell of burning flesh. I will need to be able to handle it. I will need to be able to handle watching people die, whether they are being burned or jumping from the top floor of a three story building to the harsh ground below, and everything in between. I will need to handle making tough decisions, coming from a call with one less brother or sister.

The two things I love about this job, though, is one, the guys, who immediately accepted me as one of the family.
And two, racing to a call lights and sirens. It's better than any drug.

Life After Death

So I have this theory, about life after death, hence the title. People believe in reincarnation all over the place for different reasons, having to do with God and such. I have this loose theory about such a topic, relating it all back to science.
Energy is never created or destroyed, right? Aren't we energy?
I got kicked out of my church, there is no God to me, not after the shit I've been through in my life. There just cannot be a higher power, especially not one that contradicts himself with his own rules. (i.e. 7 Deadly Sins: 1 is Wrath. Then the bible talks about God's Wrath. Bullshit.). To me, it's just not logical. But, you can't just die, right? There has to be something more.
We all have souls. In some way, shape, or form, we just do. A soul as in a ball of energy. This ball just occupies a shell. When the shell dies, the energy moves on to something else, maybe even splits apart if it has grown stronger or more abundant somehow. The energy can move to anything, humans, animals, plants, etc.. So why not? It's a decent theory.
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