Word of the Week #326:
“Would you take a bullet for me?”
That’s something many people ask each other, right? As if that is an epitome of true love?
Well, by all means, it is not.
All scientific research suggests that how someone would respond in a crisis is encoded genetically. Will you jump towards danger, run and hide, or stay rooted to the floor and per your pants is not necessarily in your hands. We are what we were made.
And some of us, it would appear, are just more willing to die for our loved ones than others are. Heck, some of us are just more willing to die.
What I be willing to die for someone I love? I think I’d be willing to for a stranger. Hell, I think I’d be willing to die for someone I dislike.
I don’t think I “hate” anyone, so…
Anyway, dying is easy. It happens quick.
Boom. The end.
But living? Living is hard.
So maybe you can die for someone, anyone, but for whom would you want to live?
Who makes you want to finally start taking care of the food you eat on a daily basis?
Who makes you want to sleep enough and at the right times?
Who makes you want to be patient in your life, even though that has never been one of your strengths?
Who makes you want to give them a call, even when you know you’ve always hated calls?
Who makes you want to live the very best life you can? Who makes you want to be the best person you can?
Answer that, and you’ll know whom you love.
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