Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Some Socrates/Buddha type of sh*t

sOMEONE oNCE sAID:
"I came. I saw. I conquered."

i sAY:

tHE oNLY tHING tRULY wORTH cONQUERING iS oURSELVES:

oUR uNFOUNDED fEARS, oUR SELF-dOUBT, oUR lAZINESS, oUR iGNORANCE, oUR pREJIDUCE...

oUR sELVES;

tHE oNLY tHING tRULY wORTH cONQUERING iS oURSELVES.

cONQUERRING ANYTING ELSE: pEOPLES, lANDS, nATIONS . . .
iS

fOR sELFISH, mISGUIDED, pOWER-hUNGRY mEGALOMANIACS
wHO hAVE not cONQUERRED tHEMSELVES.

uNFORtUANELY tHESE coNQERERS aRE rEMEMBERED tHRU oUT oUR hISTORY aND thOSE THAT cOME clOSE tO cONQUERRING tHEMSELVES. . .

tHEy pASS oN rEMEMBERED mERELY aS thAT pERSON wHO sEEMED tO bE sMILING to tHEMsELF aS tHEY wALKED tHRU tHEIR lIFE wITH a sUBTLE cALM aND eASE, a pEACFULNESS iN eACH oF tHEIR sLOW, fLOWING sTEPS. . .



I have to admit this is a recycled piece fro mlike a year ago. But you know, after reading over it I don't think
"oUR uNFOUNDED fEARS, oUR SELF-dOUBT, oUR lAZINESS, oUR iGNORANCE, oUR pREJIDUCE..." should be "conquered", maybe just recognized and kept in check. hmm

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