We can't self-sacrifice ourselves into a state of grace

Self-destruction sucks, especially the righteous kind

To be human is to be trapped in time and chance, and to also be trapped with an urge to escape these features of our condition. Life changes quite a bit for each and every one of us as we go along, and then it ends. We can make choices and guide our lives as best as we can - even if we don’t “ultimately” have free will, we certainly seem to - but so man…