Wednesday, May 6, 2009

we are warriors.

after reading books about soldiers and warriors going into battle, having courage and doing amazing feats, it's no wonder some kids dream of being one of them. Wouldn't it be cool to be so brave, facing down your enemies, slashing them down with your awesome sword. Think back to history, Troy with their heroes Hector, Achilles, Genghis Khan (ling will probably know more than me), Alexander the Great, Caesar etc. Warriors, kings and explorers.

And yet, a passage in one of my latest books struck a note. It goes something like:
"The real warrior is the farmer. He who labors from dawn to dusk, keeping his farm alive. Fighting off droughts, diseases, wild beasts and poverty. A farmer does not give up if his crops fail to grow, but preserves to survive to the next season. We soldiers, who simply kill, are nothing compared to them."

Are we not warriors? Does it not take courage to continue our education at university? Half blind in our choice of course, we take the plunge. Do we not preserve through weeks when everything is due at once and all we want to do is give up?

Okay, maybe it doesn't apply to all uni students. But my point is that a warrior's courage can be found in our own lives, even if we aren't all soldiers.

teoh,


Posted by jediteoh @ 7:51 PM 2 letter(s) to the editor

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