Motorcycle Helmets

I’ve been getting a lot of flack lately for not wearing a motorcycle helmet. I know that people like to be cautious and that it’s a fine goal in life to stay alive. But, I think there is a degree in which either goal can be taken too far.

If you are living your life just to not get hurt and to stay alive you wouldn’t really go anywhere or leave you bed would you? If you were a cautious person you wouldn’t drive a car or wear a tank top outside in the sun would you? While these things would make you cautious and careful and keep you alive, they would also be going somewhat overboard.

So, in a sense, everyone is cautious and careful and trying to stay alive. I’ve never met anyone who was not somewhat cautious. Some would start to name people that they consider stupid for the activities they do. Some would think of bullriders, or motorcycle racers, or firemen, or soldiers, or skydivers, or gang members. But everyone thinks of someone that is less cautious than themselves. But there is always someone who would consider you crazy and risky and dangerous.

Therefore, caution and carefulness comes in varying degrees. Yet, I believe, while there may be some on the extreme low end of risk, there are none on the high end of risk. Perhaps because they are all dead. My point is that while you have chosen a certain degree of caution to integrate into your lifestyle you should not try to impose that degree of caution onto everyone else.

I believe in absolute truth, and right and wrong. I don’t believe that every person can decide what is right for them because there is absolute truth. But I do believe that there is no right or wrong when it comes to the level of caution in which one should live there life. Life is for living, and each gets to choose his or her level of caution by which to live.

These choices are only judged by those who exercise more caution in there lives. The people who are less cautious don’t care to tell everyone else to be less cautious like them. Perhaps it is because the more cautious the person the more caring and thoughtful they are and want to help the less cautious. Or it is because the more cautious the person, the less experienced they are in many activities and lifestyles, and therefor unable to understand the real risks involved. Maybe they judge because they don’t understand, or wish they could live there lives as free and uninhibited as the less cautious person but are too afraid to take those risks.

With all this being said. I have decided to wear a helmet on my motorcycle. I used to refuse just because most people see motorcycles as dangerous and wanted me to wear one. But now I will wear one because I think I should instead of letting other people’s thoughts and comments effect me.

This entire glob can be summed up this way:

You’re gonna die when you’re gonna die and there’s nothing you can do about it. It just depends on how you want to live until you die.”

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