I just realized that why I don't post much, is because on these forums, you really get to get a really deep perspective of the thoughts and feelings that completely come from random people scattered throughout the world. You see an influx of a culture clash and different upbringings that it really is fascinating. Person A was raised this way, and person B was raised that way with an entirely opposing set of beliefs and viewpoints, with each thinking the other is wrong. 

 

What's even more fascinating is the power that is in the message board's platform to enable said person to really put their innermost thoughts down for others to read. You see a development of a personality that we often shield from the rest of the world. It's the person we truly are versus the person we are for others. Take me for example, I think my deep thinking game is on point but I am very introverted about them naturally. So the person you would see physically and how my mannerisms are is different than I am now. I act one way, but think in another. I don't just view a person on the outside, I look at someone based on their characteristics that they portray and try to look into what caused this person to act this way, what experiences of joy and pain, #winning and #defeated moments, to love and to have lost, and......well you get the point. 

 

As per the OP's original statement, one can realistically view it as survival of the fittest if you're the coward. Can't play with fate, when fate's ready to take action. Or viewed as the "right" thing to do, the moral high ground, unwavering in their integrity, seize the moment to lay a legacy for future generations to aspire to. As for me? I will take either path based on the circumstance. Within myself, I ask "If I take the bullet, will the person I save have a greater impact on society for the good than me? Or will my death have a far more positive impact on future generations than this person I am to save?" If I feel like it's better to take the bullet for the greater good, then I will. If not, then I will go to great lengths to honor the person and so that they knew it was worth it. 

 

:drops mic: 

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