The act of social suicide

For those of you reading this, we have all heard of the phrase suicide, to take your fragile mortal life in your own hands and destroying it. Now consider the same concept, apart from killing yourself subjectively rather in social terms. Taking a large risk which will cause despair and grief to those around you out of pure desperation. Going against all social norms and expectations and taking a risk so insane it will seem as though you have given up on life entirely.

For example, in the novel The Hunger Games Cattiness had volunteered herself to take part in games only to save her sister over desperation of losing her. Or when Nelson Mandela had decided to lead the fight against white oppression even though he put both his family and career in great danger. These heroic acts made are in fact social suicide’s, since these people are willing to risk everything for seemingly nothing. Only acting by the hearts calling rather than simple logic.

Though how terrifying these acts may seem, society almost glorifies them and celebrates these people and acts because of how influential and inspiring they have become. By reading the story or watching it play out, in our hearts we are living our own social suicides. The eager part of us in the heart which is willing to risk it all for nothing thrives from these stories.

Imagine the thrill, sense of adventure and isolation taking our own social suicides could give us. In some point in every life, we reach curtain turning points which give us the opportunity to take our own personal social suicides. We have all felt that curiosity or longing to take our lives into our own hands and take a risk. It can be either investing in a new business, joining the forces, writing a book or moving out the country. Theses risk can cause those around us to become concerned and wonder offer our safety and give us advice we advise we never even asked for. Yet these risks may be your claim to life.

If your reading this considering a risk in life, I advise to let the heart talk rather than the head. Let your wisdom talk instead of others options. And allow yourself to surrender fully to that calling, even though social suicide is about taking control of your own life, it’s also about surrendering to yourself to the opportunity.