Pain. Go where pain exists. That is where growth exist. Pursue the pain. Follow it. Chase it. Continue to conquer each little pain demon, one at a time. But do not wait idle, lax, thinking that demons and dragons don’t exist. Just because you don’t see them now, doesn’t mean they’re not waiting for you around the corner.
From Hagakure – The Book fo the Samurai
“In China there was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for dragons was brought to the attention of the drragon god, and one day a real dragon appeared before his windo. It is said that he died of fright. He was probably a man who always spoke bbig words but acted differently when facing the real thing.”
– Yamamoto Tsunetomo
