Donation.

I was filling out the form for my license back in the beginning of December, (19 years, I know...). and I came down to the "Organ Donor Consent Form". At first, I thought it was a great idea! You're not going to need your organs, six feet underground, why not save another life, and give them to someone who needs them.Yet I hesitated, automatically thinking about what my Dad would say, to me, giving my organs away. Because what if he is the one to have to deal with that... aspect in my life, or lack there of. Now neither of us are very religious, but we both share the ideology, there might be somewhere we go in the afterlife.

So, I gave my father a call to discuss with him what I should do, because although I am suppose to be young and heedless, I take into acknowledgment what my father has to say, and put his opinions in high esteem. We began to talk, about life in general, like two old friends would, but they happen to be father and son as well.

I explained the situation to him, that these organs would be saving someones life without harming mine. He simply replied:

" Well, what if there is something after this life, and you need your organs. I don't think you'll go very far with out a heart." 

Well I can't argue with that. My father, believes that if there is something after this life that we might need are organs for it. It reminds me of the movie: "Wristcutters: A Love Story". The movies is about a young man, who commits suicide, and is placed into another world where everyone else, as committed suicide. The world is, very gray, and boring; more so than the actual world. AND (point of me talking about the movie) everyone who is there bears the effects of how they "offed" themselves. Whether it be a scar on their wrists, to a swollen, blueish tint to their skin from drowning. It really opens your brain to the thought of an afterlife. And an excellent movie as well. I would recommend it to anybody.

So, did I sign the consent form, to donate my organs after death? No. Because although I don't truly believe that there may be something else after this life, I would like to hope that there is. So I'll be keeping my organs.