Discipline of the mind. Discipline of the body. In the west you learn how to do. In the east you learn how to be.

What is best? Two perspectives, two different objectives. One is temporal, the other eternal. When the better way is picked, complaints abound. A double standard revealed. Where you chose love, I chose conflict. Where you chose forgiveness, I chose hate. Where you chose truth, I chose a lie. Yet, you listen anyway. And you still…

“I have adopted a maxim laid down by Napoleon, never to occupy ground which the enemy would like me to occupy.” Stand courageous. Stand with a fire lit inside.

When the appetizers and desserts are consumed all that’s left is an entree. Its absence is felt. You will not get full without it.

Gradual change is change none the less. A truth spoken but for the first time believed. A thousand steps and one that crosses the finish line.