how exactly do you save a life?

i mean provided you aren't a doctor, or a surgeon or you aren't at the right place at the right time to shove someone out of the way before they get hit by a speeding car? what do you do then?

how do you prevent someone from killing themselves off? how, for that matter, do you prevent yourself from killing yourself?

how exactly do you save your OWN life? especially when there is no amount of surgery or medication or even a tangible speeding car for you to jump out of the way of?

it's odd isn't it?

i doubt anyone really wants to save a life. or to have their lives saved.

because, in the end, what are you saving it for? (if you know the answer to this, then good on you! and if you don't... too bad.)