A question that provokes thoughts, that's for sure...
”Would you ever give your life so that someone else may live?”
The bitter truth is, no matter how generous and selfless creatures we paint ourselves to be, we humans, are born selfish. We give heartwarming speeches and talk at length about the sufferings and how our hearts ache for others, but when it’s time to put ourselves on the line, we always choose something else.
Death; it is feared by many and ignored by all. The thought of it haunts us, so we try to shove it deep inside our minds, hoping it would not come out. Everyone is so focused on living! Who would ever willingly want to die?
So when a question like this arises, we find ourselves splitting into two parts.
One part wants to answer it as it should be answered; YES. It wants to boast and write sonnets about why they would offer away their lives for their special person or friend, how they would not even blink before ending it just so the other one lived.
But the other part, the dark small little thing inside that hides in the corner most of the time, says something entirely different. Why should they give up their lives for someone else? They want to live!. It knows well enough that in the end, even the part who is saying yes will not follow through. So why put up an act? Why put on colours when things are all black and white??
The strange thing isn none of these parts of ours is wrong. You do want to give up your life for the ones you adore, but you also hope and pray that the day never comes.
You know you should.
You know you would.
But you hope you don’t have to.
Now, as for me, well…
My answer is the same as I explained above.
I’d definitely be willing to give up myself so that someone dear to me gets to live. But I also hope that it never comes to that point where I need to make this choice. I am, after all, selfish to the core. I would rather stay beside them and enjoy our last days together than wither away from existence, and miss out on the moments we both could create.
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Perhaps I would, but it would always depend upon someone whom I am dying for. I am very willing to give up as well when badly needed to someone who truly deserve it. Have a great time my friend and keep safe always.
Exactly! For those we love we can do pretty much anything.
Hope you are doing great as well! Thanks for the comment!
That's so nice of you.
It's hard to tell if we can really do that when it comes to reality.
Good to read your words.
It is a heard concept. Because in the end all of us do want to live beside the our loved ones for whom we can give up our lives.
Hope you are doing well!
I agree.
I think I can die for my son, but again, the reality can be different. It's a hard thing to choose.
Have a good day.
You told the truth... I will totally agree upon this and also hope that it never comes to anyone.
Nice one. Have a Great day ahead. !PIZZA
It is a very tricky question that can't really be answered easily. Not everything is in simple black and white. Humans are complex, and so are our desire to live.
While being ready to give up lives for deqr ones, we all still do hope that in reality, that moment never comes.
Thanks for leaving a wonderful comment. Hope you are doing well! 😊
I think it is always difficult to answer this question with sincerity because when the time comes to apply it, who knows if we would do what we have said, I think it may be possible in most cases of parents who would give their lives for their children, I in particular will never know how is the magnitude of that love, but I am like you in that I would not want life to put me in a situation in which the life of a loved one depends on me, I am also selfish in that.
Yes. Parents can be an ideal example for unconditional and selfless loves, but now-a-days we also see some parents abandoning their children in times of need. Society itself has turned more complicated now. and with that, the answer to this question has also become more complex. No one truly knows what they will do if they ever face this situation. So it's better to hope that something like this never comes to reality.
Life is complicated and yes, it is better that we are not in such a situation.
When I saw the prompt, I wondered what my answer could really be. I mean, it's not that I fear death. I just wonder if truly dying for someone can be worth it.
I guess it all depends on who I am dying for. That's what matters most. But in reality, I am selfish to the core, and I can say that I want to but I really would hope for thta day never to come. It would be a dreadful day for us both; I who died and whom it is I died for.
True. The question itself really raises dilemmas inside us. Human heart is a complex thing after all. Even if we are all but ready to let down ourselves for our loved ones, we still do want to live in this world with them. It will be a dreadful thing for our dear ones too, if we perish and leave them behind. So yeah, it all comes down to the hope. Hope that day never comes..
Look who decided to finally write :vv
Yess I've decided to peak out of my hole again :')) Let's see how long I stay on the surface this timee
I don't think you're selfish to the core! I think you're an animal in human clothing and any animal's main priority (instinctively) is to live!
But I also think you're a very clever, very awake human after reading this post 👏👏👏👍
ahahaha XD that brought a smile to my face..
Even us humans are in the end, some animals with a thought process and judgment. Thanks for leaving a comment!
Yep 😆
Sometimes I wonder if the animals sit and roll their eyes at us.
Especially cats.
Pleasure was all mine.
Well written and well said 👍
Cats hates us. That's for suree XD