User blog comment:The Milkman/Shades of Purple/@comment-5607673-20120929231116/@comment-5287758-20120930052127

Always play with your moral compass, it makes everything much more significant. You get to take all the responsibilities and the "privilege" of living with the consequences. Sure, when things are going FUBAR, you might regret many of your earlier decisions; you would wish you weren't the one playing God. But the fact that you did and lived to tell about it makes you a very important part, maybe the most important of all and that goes down in history. History will remember you; many people will judge you for your actions; perhaps you won't like all of them, but your name will be immortal. Think about that.

Don't get me wrong. I don't make decisions with the aim at making a mark in history. In fact, I never think about the future much while making decisions. I just try to think of my involvement in the sequence of events. It makes everything so much more meaningful.