I would live for you
That saying “I would die for you” is used so loosely now because it sounds dramatic, heroic, and simple. It asks for one moment of sacrifice.
But “I would live for you” is harder. Living for someone means showing up every day—being patient, disciplined, honest, present. It means choosing them in the boring, exhausting, inconvenient moments. That kind of commitment doesn’t fit neatly into a slogan.
Most people don’t do the things they truly want to do—or become—because real desire comes with real responsibility. Wanting something deeply means risking failure, judgment, discomfort, and the loss of certainty. It’s safer to say someday than to say now.
Many people live lives they don’t want because those lives were chosen for them—by family expectations, fear of instability, debt, social pressure, or the belief that security is more important than meaning. Over time, survival quietly replaces purpose. Routine becomes a cage that feels normal.
Living for retirement instead of now is often a trade made unconsciously. People are taught that life is something you endure first and enjoy later. Work hard now, sacrifice now, suppress now—then you’ll be free someday. But someday keeps moving. Health changes. Energy fades. And the life that was postponed never quite arrives.
The truth is uncomfortable:
Living fully requires courage every single day. Dying for something is a single act. Living for something is a lifelong decision.
And most people were never taught how to choose that.
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Darrin Dysart
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