since we have to die someday...

why not die for something?
if we live for something already.... why not die for something as well?
rather than, 'she passed away peacefully in her sleep after living a good life and amassing a personal fortune of US$20 billion'...?
that...we might, even in our death, have a meaning, and an effect, a greater effect.

I know this is a super random post but this thought just struck me when I was trying to get some rest just now. I think this is an after thought from last night when I was revising economics and when i was suddenly struck with the thought that some people actually live lives where marginal social benefit outweigh their marginal personal cost. (ya i was studying public and merit goods... heheh) People who see an activity or an event where marginal social benefit will outweigh their marginal personal cost, and they do it. These are people who live life not for themselves but for the bigger picture. I think people like these typically go into professions like humanitarianism, teaching and nursing, yes the, in my opinion, under-paid and under-valued professions in and by society. People who see the point that their life isn't just about themselves (if not we would all be living in isolation on separate planets) but people who live for a greater meaning, a greater purpose than their singular existence. I think maybe this was the point both buddha and martin luther jr. were trying to get at... I think they both said something like that abut human destiny if i am not wrong. oh wells. just a thought.