I think it's important to remember that people don't set their lives on fire. They don't walk away from their extraordinarily, extraordinarily comfortable lives ... for no reason.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.
I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.
So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.
Fire has impacted every part of our lives - without fire, there would be no shopping, right? - that's how the Internet will intrude on our lives, particularly our kids' lives.
If there's a fire, I want to be there. Maybe because in being so close to death, I think I understand what it means to be truly alive.
At least one reason for trying to live lives that make a difference is that by so living, we hope we will not be forgotten by those who benefit from our trying to make a difference. Yet to try to insure we will not be forgotten too often results in desperate manipulative strategies that are doomed to fail.
Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Walking through this life really is walking through fire.
Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.