The thing about learning how to fight is that– some of us are not born with that desire. They say some are born fighters; but they don't usually point out that others just aren't. Some of us are forced by life to take up arms and fight. Many of us are. The art lies in knowing when to wield those arms and when to put them down. I don't think it's a matter of pretending to be ideally unharmed by life and untouched by darkness; because that is hypocrisy. Rather, I think it is a matter of being true to your truth and learning when to fight and learning when to be soft. Hopefully, our soft moments in life will largely outweigh, outrank, and outrun our fighting. C. Joybell C.
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The thing about learning how to fight is that some of us are not born with that desire to fight. They say the men are born fighters, but they don't usually point out that others just aren't. Some of us are forced by life to take up arms and fight. Many of us are.

The art lies in knowing when to wield those arms and when to put them down. I don't think it's a matter of pretending to be ideally unharmed by life and untouched by darkness; because that is hypocrisy. Rather, I think it is a matter of being true to your truth and learning when to fight and when to be soft.

Hopefully, our soft moments in life will largely outweigh, outrank, and outrun our fighting. This quote is actually from a short story by Ernest Hemingway called “The Killers."

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