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Heart of a Warrior
DIR By: Inu
Date: January 6, 2013, 12:18 pm
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Act with the heart of a warrior.
Everyone has his own set of problems in life. You never really
know what kind of struggles someone else is dealing with, and
you don’t want to add to his problems. Of course many people
bring their problems on themselves, but that doesn’t make them
any less painful, and that fact is really none of your business.
Remember, you are responsible for your own actions, not the
actions of others. Judging whether or not someone is worthy of
your kindness or compassion is not your duty; your duty is
making sure that you act with the heart of the warrior.
While it is true that many people cause their own heartaches,
that fact doesn’t exempt you from your duty of acting with a
benevolent heart and trying to help them when you can. Scott
Adams said, “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of
kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”
You just plain don’t know how much that small act of kindness or
compassion may change someone’s life. And the effects of it may
not only change that person’s life, but could change the lives
of other people through that person. The ripple effect could go
on and on. Bohdi Sanders ~ (excerpt from Modern Bushido: Living
a Life of Excellence, page 127)
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Re: Heart of a Warrior
DIR By: Inu
Date: January 6, 2013, 12:21 pm
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I will admit that I sometimes struggle with the " You made your
bed lie in it" mentality when I see people doing the same stupid
irresponsible stuff again and again. I think we have to be
careful about rescuing people so often that they are cheated out
of the opportunity to learn and grow. Wisdom comes from
experience, so we need to have a benevelont heart, but always
think of the greater good. There is a fine line between being
judgmental and practicing wisdom.
Or maybe that is just my excuse to not help...
I will think on that!
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Re: Heart of a Warrior
DIR By: Sensei Stephens
Date: January 6, 2013, 12:41 pm
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For me, I will inform, aid and rescue a few times when I see
someone acting in poor judgement. We all do things that seem a
great idea at the time, but turn for the worst after the fact,
so I can understand how one may unknowingly walk into disaster.
It is also easy to make the same bad call twice. However, they
say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over
and over, but expecting different results. So, if the third
lemming doesn't stop and say, "Hey, what the heck are we
doing!?", it may just be in our own best interest not to get
dragged off the cliff as well for trying to stand in the way.
In short, If people obviously prefer their own ignorance over
shared wisdom, it may be time to sit back and enjoy the show.
who knows, maybe we might even learn something from it.
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