text: There once was a lumberjack. He was a lonely man, only getting visits every couple months. One day, he went deep into the forest to think. You see, this man loved to think. He would think about the future. He would think about the past. He would think about if he had a family. The man would spend hours just walking and thinking. On one thinking trip, he found an old man. The old man was sleeping. He had a long and bright grey beard, and dressed in all black. The man woke up the sleeping one, and the sleeping man responded, "Who are you? I am Death, bringer of souls to the underworld." "Well I am a mortal. I am humbled to meet you, my good sir." "It is good to meet you too, humble one. No one else has ever seen me. And to that, I may grant you a wish." "No, no. I do not need a wish. I have everything I need. I am content with life." "I doubt that. I have seen you think about what if things went differently." "I do think about that, but I am content. I just wonder what would happen if life went a little bit differently, you know." "I do know that indeed." The two start walking back to the man's cabin "In fact. A lot of people tell me that. They wonder things like if they married their true sweetheart." "My old friend thought about that. He was so wanting he got in a duel with his love's partner. Next thing you know we're burying his body outside of town. That was why I went out to this remote forest." "Your friend was a good man, even I was upset about his suicide." The two sit in silence for a few moments "I have a proposition. I will help you go to the afterlife and bring you to a reality where your friend didn't die. Where your kids didn't burn. How about that, my humble friend." "No, I don't really want that, my friend. I don't really want to die. I want to live to an old age. Then I will be ready." "That prings me to another thing. Many people I meet tell me they don't want tk die. They tell me they're scared. And I tell them not to. I help bring them to the afterlife. Just imagine how scared they would be when travelling to the afterlife, all alone." "Yes, I do suppose that would be scary. Almost horrifying in my opinion." "You're a good man. I have a new proposition. I will let you be free; and when you want to go, I will come back here and take you. Then you can relive your life, take it differently perhaps." "Thank you Death, for your proposition. I think that's a good idea. Although I don't really want to relive my life. I want to spend the rest of eternity just sitting there. I just want to sit there with my wife and kids." "That seems reasonable for a man like you, and I respect that. Most people get upset or angry at me. I've had people attack me with their bare hands. You're different. You are okay with dying and I respect that. I will come back when you are ready." "Thank you, Death. I will await your arrival in relaxation. In the meantime I will go and continue my life like normal." The man and Death then parted ways until the next time they come face to face.