Quote:"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
- George S. Patton

Whateverist, you may have as many callings as you like, my dear

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(January 29, 2014 at 11:42 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote:

(January 29, 2014 at 11:30 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Well, isn't that compelling? How are you going to carry out martyrdom? I'm sorry if that's a stupid question; I'm just not familiar with the martyr world, I guess.

Well, its simple. You have to die. The exact circumstances, no one can know, perhaps it will be through glorious combat, execution, assasination, or meaningful alturistic or vengeful self sacrifice.
Only such deaths are befitting of a martyr.

A martyr lives forever in death, they live as something far greater than what they might have been in their life before death.
Even in death, they still serve a purpose, as a source of inspiration for generations to come.

You might well be the most intense person I've never met.

If we can go with sci-fi.

My calling:

All I've wanted since I was a kid was to become Wonder Woman. By that, I mean one who fights for truth, justice, and sisterhood. And kicks ass. And is sexy.

Right now, my calling is waiting for these hotties to fill this thread with kisses.

Now we're delving into what we want to do, not what we're doing. I don't think everyone has found a calling yet. I haven't.

(January 30, 2014 at 12:00 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: Whateverist, you may have as many callings as you like, my dear

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(January 29, 2014 at 11:42 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Well, its simple. You have to die. The exact circumstances, no one can know, perhaps it will be through glorious combat, execution, assasination, or meaningful alturistic or vengeful self sacrifice.
Only such deaths are befitting of a martyr.

A martyr lives forever in death, they live as something far greater than what they might have been in their life before death.
Even in death, they still serve a purpose, as a source of inspiration for generations to come.

You might well be the most intense person I've never met.

Well, in todays world, my words sound rather intense. But in the old days, our mothers would dye the hair of their sons with red henna, when going to battle, so that they would become martyrs.
The deal with the henna is, that usually a sacrificial animal unto god is dyed with red henna, and mothers would do so as to sacrifice their sons unto their people, by sending them away into battle with red henna on their heads, whether they died in battle or came back, it was the intent that mattered.

I probably have several. Philosophy, languages, religion. My callings don't lead me to useful things. I find the things which take me actual places far more interesting than any meditation on special talents and callings.

I remember when I was 16 and I came to the conclusion that I would never do anything great. Now, here, in my fiftieth year, I find myself doing the things I never thought I'd be capable of. Dreaming is useless. The future is now.

Writing.

(January 30, 2014 at 12:11 am)futilethewinds Wrote: All I've wanted since I was a kid was to become Wonder Woman. By that, I mean one who fights for truth, justice, and sisterhood. And kicks ass. And is sexy.

If your physique is at all like your avatar you'd make a great Wonder Woman. You may put me in a headlock anytime .. or a thigh lock or ..