Sleeping Dragon
Platinum Member
Every day I struggle to find, and hold onto the things most important to me, my wife and family, my friends and all that I’ve learned to enjoy, and that make life worth living. For years I couldn’t understand why this daily struggle was necessary, why I had to do it over and over again.
I finally realize it’s because I wake every morning as a warrior. It’s a part of me that will always be dominant over all others. I was conditioned to this many, many years ago in the mountains of a land far from home where killing and suffering could be a part of any day. Warriors survive there only because they are warriors.
I can never trust this world because this world has done nothing to earn my trust. So, I wake every morning prepared to face the worst of what I saw in those mountains. But, a warrior’s view is very narrow, and shuts out so much of the beauty life provides. So, each day my search begins again to find what the warrior in me continues to set aside.
I finally realize it’s because I wake every morning as a warrior. It’s a part of me that will always be dominant over all others. I was conditioned to this many, many years ago in the mountains of a land far from home where killing and suffering could be a part of any day. Warriors survive there only because they are warriors.
I can never trust this world because this world has done nothing to earn my trust. So, I wake every morning prepared to face the worst of what I saw in those mountains. But, a warrior’s view is very narrow, and shuts out so much of the beauty life provides. So, each day my search begins again to find what the warrior in me continues to set aside.
