Thursday, September 15, 2005
one dragon says to the other, "how do you deal with your weak nature?"
"By making myself stronger every day," the smaller dragon replies. "Every day I wake up strong. I am only weak in the moment I close my eyes."
"How do you deal with being weaker than others?"
"My strength has no room for others. The only strength I know is my own."
"I do not have that luxury," the first dragon said, idly stroking a fresh scar with the back of a talon. "I have the strength of others written into my memories with brutal force. Now their strength is dead, and I am left weakened, a lesser strength."
"There is nothing lesser about your strength my friend, so stop worrying about the strength of others. You struggle only because you allow others to dictate your strength. You need to own the flame inside of you, and learn to unleash it with the full potential of your own strength."
The first dragon sat silent as he thought about what the other dragon had told him. Can I continue becoming stronger if it only leads to further isolation? Can I do this alone?
"Every star follows its own path as it plummets from the sky," said the small dragon, giving his friend a conciliatory whack across the back with his tail, "but that does not mean they cannot fall side by side."
The first dragon continued to study the sky and said nothing
"By making myself stronger every day," the smaller dragon replies. "Every day I wake up strong. I am only weak in the moment I close my eyes."
"How do you deal with being weaker than others?"
"My strength has no room for others. The only strength I know is my own."
"I do not have that luxury," the first dragon said, idly stroking a fresh scar with the back of a talon. "I have the strength of others written into my memories with brutal force. Now their strength is dead, and I am left weakened, a lesser strength."
"There is nothing lesser about your strength my friend, so stop worrying about the strength of others. You struggle only because you allow others to dictate your strength. You need to own the flame inside of you, and learn to unleash it with the full potential of your own strength."
The first dragon sat silent as he thought about what the other dragon had told him. Can I continue becoming stronger if it only leads to further isolation? Can I do this alone?
"Every star follows its own path as it plummets from the sky," said the small dragon, giving his friend a conciliatory whack across the back with his tail, "but that does not mean they cannot fall side by side."
The first dragon continued to study the sky and said nothing
