A lady sits on a subway and is stabbed by a guy because she was looking at him.  What’s worse is nobody did anything to help.  Why are there so many stories like this?

There’s a quote that says “people will do more to avoid pain than they will to seek pleasure”.  If that’s the truth then people must live an extremely submissive and confining life.  They must live a life that limits what they do and doesn’t allow them to live life to its fullest.  Living in fear must be a terrible thing.

The definition of a coward is “a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person”.  This definition doesn’t paint a picture of a bad person.  To me, it paints a picture of a person who doesn’t know what to do when faced with these situations.
When a person is able to face danger and survive they are often times called a hero.  Doesn’t it make sense that this “hero” is simply a person who applied learned knowledge?  Does “doing what we know to do” make us heroes?  I don’t think so.  I think it makes us prepared, responsible people.

The question remains though, what’s to be thought of those who aren’t prepared?  Are they to be thought of as irresponsible?  I say yes, especially when training is so available.  Remember, there are many things worse than death and performing poorly is one of them; or so many times not performing at all.