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Breaking the Shell
"A angústia dos acometidos pelo mal da inércia só pode compreender quem já a experimentou alguma vez. Ócio é algo com que todo ser humano sonha. O mal da inércia, entretanto, fica longe da agradável sensação de descanso e paz que o ócio proporciona: quem por ele é acometido não consegue agir, por mais que se empenhe. Mente amortecida e visão embaçada, o enfermo debate-se na poça do próprio sangue. Está doente, mas o corpo não apresenta alterações. (...) "
--- Eiji Yoshikawa
Thought #1
Thought #3
You have been told also that life is darkness, and in your weariness you echo what was said by the weary.
And I say that life is indeed darkness save when there is urge,
And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge,
And all knowledge is vain save when there is work,
And all work is empty save when there is love;
And when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another (...).
--- Kahlil Gibran
Thought #2
Obstinacy, Goddess of the Sleepless Nights – Thy name I invoke. Bequeath to me Thy gift, split asunder this cage within which I am kept hostage. Set me free. Grant me clarity; make me unyielding in my purpose. I pledge my name to Thy cause, if only Thy firm hand will shepherd my fluid thoughts. Let no winds blow upon the surface of my spirit, deliver me to the heart of the swirling tempest. Show me peace, that I may become the steel in Thy sword – never in need of rest – another watchful, unblinking eye in Thy celestial lighthouse.
Why do we strive so much, you ask. Why is it so difficult to accomplish that which seems so effortlessly executed by those who surround us? Are we somehow less than they are, could it be that our struggle is indeed futile? I reckon sometimes the evidence is overwhelming, but we need to defy these illusions – and create a daily exercise of resilience out of this defiance, to the last breath. We need to find our best efforts.