flying and dying
Three nights ago as I was going to sleep, I had this
incredibly strong thought, right before I fell asleep. I
realized how many different ways there are to look at things. We see
someone who jumps off a cliff/building and dies, and we think, "Oh,
it's sad that he killed himself."
My thought was, "If I were to do something like that, it would be to fly. Who is it that
has the right to tell me that four seconds of flight isn't worth
dying for?" (Don't worry, I'm not in a hurry to jump off a mountain!)
We say people jumped to kill themselves, but that's the height of
arrogance. All we can really say is that they jumped, they flew, and
they died. We're all going to die anyway, wouldn't you like to fly
first?
*shrug* Not even sure where I'm going with this, but it's trying to
make something of itself, and I thought writing it down might help ;)
[EDIT] Maybe it's not even the flying that's important...maybe it's the decision that you can fly, and are willing to pay the cost of that. If everything is composed of three parts:
a) The Decision to Do Something
b) The Act of Doing Something
c) The Consequences of Doing Something
Which is the most important part? Does the reason for Doing Something fit into this as well?
We call it suicide when someone jumps off a building, but we regard "Give me liberty or give me death!" as noble.
incredibly strong thought, right before I fell asleep. I
realized how many different ways there are to look at things. We see
someone who jumps off a cliff/building and dies, and we think, "Oh,
it's sad that he killed himself."
My thought was, "If I were to do something like that, it would be to fly. Who is it that
has the right to tell me that four seconds of flight isn't worth
dying for?" (Don't worry, I'm not in a hurry to jump off a mountain!)
We say people jumped to kill themselves, but that's the height of
arrogance. All we can really say is that they jumped, they flew, and
they died. We're all going to die anyway, wouldn't you like to fly
first?
*shrug* Not even sure where I'm going with this, but it's trying to
make something of itself, and I thought writing it down might help ;)
[EDIT] Maybe it's not even the flying that's important...maybe it's the decision that you can fly, and are willing to pay the cost of that. If everything is composed of three parts:
a) The Decision to Do Something
b) The Act of Doing Something
c) The Consequences of Doing Something
Which is the most important part? Does the reason for Doing Something fit into this as well?
We call it suicide when someone jumps off a building, but we regard "Give me liberty or give me death!" as noble.