We love the myth of the Last Stand. It is baked into our cultural DNA. From the 300 at Thermopylae to the Alamo, from the Ride of the Rohirrim to the final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , we are obsessed with the idea of going out swinging.
Don’t waste time mourning the battle you lost. Don't curse the odds. The Last Stand
But in real life—and in the good, hard games that simulate life—the Last Stand is not glorious. It is intimate . We love the myth of the Last Stand
Because you came to terms with your death. You shook hands with it. And now you have to figure out how to live again with the person you became when you thought you had nothing to lose. Don’t waste time mourning the battle you lost