Food for Thought – Honi soit qui mal y pense
I like the saying: ‘when you fight you can loose. Not to fight means you have already lost.’
I also remember the principle from jujitsu many years ago, apparently part of its age-long tradition:
‘Be like the willow tree that bends before the storm – and then darts back. Yield in order to win.’
Fighting may sound like: ‘be strong – and hard.’
To me it’s more like this:
‘Persevere – hang in there. And: don’t forget about the breaks!’
I like to share this address here, Stephen Fry’s address to Oxford students on what to value very highly in life, especially as student or – I like to add, human being:
freedom of thought
Fry’s speeches and subtle humour are famous already, as actor as well as writer he can be said to practice the true art of understatement.
I will just put this here, it’s great fun and well-versed as well as read. Take a little time off your household chores, perhaps, get a breather from a working life of pressing tasks – and enjoy!