Maxim #121: Pride and the Fall
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Pride goes before a fall”, and yet the Soul knows that it is pride itself that is our steepest plummet …
Maxim #122: sparing the rod
Conventional wisdom tells us “Spare the rod and spoil the child”, and yet the Soul knows it is the rod used to lash that obscures the child’s True Path from view …
Maxim #123: knowing true LOVE
Conventional wisdom tells us that “The course of true Love can never run smooth”, and yet the Soul knows that if the course of our affection is not smooth, then – at least in that moment – it is not a course of true Love …
Maxim #124: dying to death
Conventional wisdom says that “Only the good die young”, and yet the Soul knows that the deeds of the Kind & the Caring live on forever …
Maxim #125: greening the grass
Conventional wisdom tells us that “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”, and yet the Soul knows that the grass is greener wherever it is watered …
Maxim #126: price of Liberty
Conventional wisdom tells us that “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance”, and yet the Soul knows that fear is by far our strongest cage; and the need for security, by far our darkest prison …
Maxim #127: exceptional Exception
Conventional wisdom tells us that “There is an exception to every rule”, and yet the Soul knows that LOVE is the exception to all those exceptions …
Maxim #128: only one Way
Conventional wisdom tells us that “There is more than one way to skin a cat”, and yet the Soul knows that there is always only one way not to …
Maxim #129: victory spoiled
Conventional wisdom tells us that “To the victor goes the spoils”, and yet the Soul knows that for all “victors” of any conflict, their “spoils” become their greatest curse …
Maxim #130: enduring the “cure”
Conventional wisdom tells us that “What cannot be cured must be endured”, and yet the Soul knows that what is merely endured cannot ever be made Whole; that what is merely tolerated cannot ever be truly Loved …
Maxim #131: a will & a Way
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Where there is a will, there is a way”, and yet the Soul knows quite differently – that wherever there is a focused will, The Way remains forever hidden …
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