One of the most profound quotes that has guided my life is the following:
“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Men are intimately connected to death. We are fascinated with it as a little boy. We see this fascination in the little boy watching a bug squirm and grossing out the girls. It’s not inflicting death that is the fascination. That’s the boy-man. Instead, it is the connection with emptiness, the infinite, total freedom. A man instinctually is willing to give up his life for something greater. To sacrifice it all, because he knows he’s going to die anyway. There is a kind of infinite freedom, freedom from mind-chatter, in surrender to higher purpose. This quality of self-sacrifice is something women recognize in a man instantly, it’s incredibly attractive. Boys look up to it. Girls want to be with a man like that some day.
What are YOU willing to die for? Start now! You’re going to die soon anyway. Nothing to worry about. It’s funny, if you think about it.