Day 071h: Trying to toughen one’s Tread … (June 24, 2019)
I had been graciously given some duct tape by Marcel the night before, and yet its quality soon proved to be just as tenuous as Marcel’s graciousness had been* … Of course, this too was fully appropriate; reminding me that ours is not to toughen-up the tools that help us walk The Way, but rather to simply go forth – over & over & over again – to Walk The Way regardless!
“The Road may be long and tortuous and wearied, and yet for those who choose to endure its trials the resulting success is enduring, and sure and sweet. While the fool tries to increase comfort (or even abandons all hope) during the tiresome times of life, the wise choose to keep moving – holding firmly to the knowledge that there is always Good that comes from walking for others; that there is always a brighter tomorrow forged in the caring deeds of today. He that gives up fails to understand that life most fully rewards those who cling on to hope against hope, those who persevere onward whenever it proves impossible to smoothly wander.” ~ inspired by Abiodun Fijabi
*It is important for us all to remember that true Kindness can only be potently given when it is offered purely, never out of a sense of annoyed obligation or hoped-for adulation.
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