The Existential Cure

Nothing puts life into perspective like someone trying to kill you

You say your life is meaningless

I have a cure for that 

Sign up for the military 

and end up in combat

Your apathy will disappear 

You'll have a reason why

You'll gain a new perspective

Why you don't want to die 

So if existential angst you have

Try ducking a few rounds

Your outlook will change instantly 

and then you'll come around 

Author's Note

Combat isn't as terrifying as you would think. Anticipating it is much worse. Worrying about when you're going to get hit and what can go wrong will eat at you like a raptor ripping through your stomach so you learn not to dwell on it. Once you're in the middle of a fire fight there's to much to focus on to think about being scared but you're still plenty scared. You just don't dwell on it so you act instead of freezing.
That's a key thing about being scared. If you just let it happen and don't think about it you can plow right through the fear and do some incredible things. Heroes are just as scared as the next ordinary person. They just know not to think about it. Anyway. There's your Baby Ricochet life lesson. Fear is normal and if you don't think about it you won't freeze. Like you don't think about going to the bathroom or getting aroused. It just happens. So stop thinking what can go wrong and go scare the living shit out of yourself doing something you're terrified of. I guarantee you once you're through it you'll think "holy shit I never want to do that again" but at the same time you'll feel like you can do anything. It's a weird dichotomy.

Reviews

[Tai Ryens]

I read something similar in regards to torture: torture, in itself, never works; it's the fear of it that draws answers. Anticipation can make or break anybody, really, and it can easily turn into trepidation. Fear is universal, and it's the ones that push passed the fear that actually manage to make something of themselves, whether it was originally intentional or not.
Well done, always enjoyed your occasional life lessons, still enjoy 'em now.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks Tai. People being tortured will say what they think will get their tormentors to stop and it ain't always the truth. Torture or "enhanced interrogation" only works in the movies

[A. Amos]

Every write of yours my friend make a great sense, this one for sure is not for faint heart people:)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Amos