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Blaze of Glory

by WiltedRose
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I want to die a heroic death. Go down in a blaze of glory. As Neil Young put it, “Its better to burn out than to fade away”. One of my worst fears is fading away. Letting old age cause my body to decay until I’m left with nothing but health problems and gray hair. I can’t let that happen, I don’t want my life to be for nothing. I want to have suffered for a reason. Me risking/losing my life for someone else. At least then there would have been a point to it all

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Morlock The Victim (Bitter Max) 8/22/2013 - 12:55 am

Right on, most definitely me too. Lucky for you, you’re in a room full of depressed and f’ed up people (right?). So go get em’ tiger. Rawr.

Let’s organize ourselves and create a unified HELP system of …. Who can help who out?

WiltedRose 8/22/2013 - 1:04 am

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic, I hope not. I don’t know if there will arise an opportunity for me to risk myself for someone else, given I live in the mountains where the traffic incidents and crime rates are practically zero. At least for now. Oh well, I can hope. I just want to be the candle that burns twice as bright for half as long

Morlock The Victim (Bitter Max) 8/22/2013 - 1:07 am

No I wasn’t being sarcastic.

WiltedRose 8/22/2013 - 1:10 am

ok, sorry. It’s hard to tell online. Thanks, I think your idea is good

Morlock The Victim (Bitter Max) 8/22/2013 - 1:20 am

Yeah thanks. I just wish I had the energy to pioneer this movement of outreach for one another…. or something, I don’t know. It’s hard for me to think straight the way that I am (I can’t even sit down n concentrate to read book… that’s f’ed up). At this point, the way that I am, I’m only good for begging for help….. fml.

rach 8/22/2013 - 1:25 am

Are you interested in a military career, policing, firefighting or something like that? That might lead to a heroic death. Somebody I absolutely admire from the past is Robert gould shaw (u seen the movie glory?) he was a colonel in the civil war killed at fort wagner, died for trying to help black people get freedom.
I know what you mean about old age I don’t want to sit here and rot to death either. Unfortunately I don’t have much choice in life being disabled but I always pray to god if there is some way I could give or donate my life to animals, it’s my dream, all the animals going free like in “Free Willy” the boy sets Willy free. That’s what I wish I could do for every animal.
I think a heroic death is much to be desired and is far preferable to dying of old age. We all go out one way or another but to die for a great cause, animal rights, liberty, that’s an excellent thing

Morlock The Victim (Bitter Max) 8/22/2013 - 1:27 am

I mean… if given the chance and opportunity… I can be a prosperous asset too. I just need a little help.

Roak 8/22/2013 - 1:41 am

I’ve always been impressed with EMTs.. They have such a terrifying and unusual job. Constantly arriving at the worst moment in someones life and trying desperately to hold them together until they can be rushed to a hospital and maybe saved.

Don’t think anyone i know has died heroically : Aids, Suicide by train, Suicide by Alcohol, Asthma, Car accident with fiancee and a variety of old age related issues.

embargo 8/22/2013 - 2:20 am

Me too. I keep having the same circle of thoughts..

1. I want to kill myself
2. If I’m that down and have no cares or worries, I may as well go out while doing something insanely ambitious
3. Nothing changes, go to step #1

WiltedRose 9/4/2013 - 11:50 pm

The thing about the blaze of glory is the memories you leave behind. The girl who threw herself in front of the car to save a random stranger wouldn’t be forgotten anytime soon. Also, i already want to die, so if I could sacrifice my life for someone who has a chance at a good life, at least my life would mean something. At least I could die knowing that I made a difference, that at least to that one person i was not just a face in the crowd; I was a hero.

PainNlife 9/5/2013 - 12:31 am

Not to be a pessimistic…..but we are all forgotten after a while….even heroes….the heroes of old are forgotten and replaced by the heroes of today…..1000 years ago they had heroes from then…..who are they? we don’t know…..100 years ago they had heroes …..who are they? we don’t know……hell in 2001 men and women gave their lives to save others….who are they? we don’t know….. We only know about the “popular” or “mainstream” ones….I’m sure there are heroic tales from that day we will never hear about….and 50 years from now even the popular ones will fade away…..we will all be forgotten….whether you die a hero or cowards death…..The only way you will be even slightly remembered is if you are glorified in the history books other than that all of us will fade away like we were never here.

But at least you will have made a difference by saving someones life….a small one but nonetheless a difference….you will be a hero…. but you won’t be remembered…

WiltedRose 9/5/2013 - 7:34 pm

I guess I phrased that wrong. i just meant that, even if it is a small difference, its better than nothing

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