"Don't be a Hero. Heroes Die."

I had an acquantance awhile back tell me a phrase along the lines of this: "don't be a hero. Heroes die." It got me thinking, maybe true heroes want to. Maybe they don't want to be here because of what this world is and what it is becoming. Maybe they don't belong here.
        True heroes value other people's lives more than their own whether or not selflessly or selfishly. They know that the glory in dying while saving the life of another greatly exceeds the glory in living while saving your own skin.
        I think of dying as kind of a liberating experience, being set free from the prison of your body that also is a prisoner within a dying world, but only if you die the right way. Heroes die because they want to. They don't fear death. Heroes fear bondage, a cage, where they  are contained, confined, or controlled. Heroes fear a life of subjugation.
          In death there is a liberty that is incomparable to, and greatly exceeds, any liberty in life. Heroes know this. Heroes know that although this liberty exists, protecting the lives of those who want to live and reap life's many benefits is a duty that they must uphold and perform. This liberty in death will come in due time.