Every so often I come across a thought strain that I consider provocative, and being the way that I am, I like to encourage others to think about how they would respond as well.  I will post these occasionally under my "Thought of the Day" Category here on my blog, and today, I am asking myself, and you, "What would you most readily die for?"

You can just think about this to yourself, or you can take an active part in this blog and post your answers and thoughts in the comments, and I will share my answer with you here:

This is an "easy" one for me.  If faced with a choice of saving the life of one of my biological children I would instantaneously die so that they may live.  I don't think I would die for my mate, despite how much I love him, he is an adult, I would do all I could to save him, but if it came to the ultimate self-sacrifice, I think I would choose to preserve my life over his.  I gave this some deep consideration, and that is my honest answer.  My children are adults too, but I would still rather give my life for them than see them suffer in any way.

I might consider giving my life for my country, if it were to make a significant impact, such as stopping an act of terrorism, etc., but I have very low odds of finding myself in that type of situation, so I am staying with my initial reaction to the question, and my answer is "I would most readily die for my children."

How about you?

Is there anything that you actually would die for?  Would you preserve your own life no matter what, or are there some things that you would give up your life for?

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I look forward to any answers you may choose to post.