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Hence the ‘Rōnin’ in your nickname!
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Entry 99
A warrior must spend his days so that when he looks back over his life, he can say he lived without regret. Live today in a way that would not be shameful. Even if Beth came tomorrow. This is the root of the Warriors Way.
Do not look only at some great goal in the distant future and neglect the single day before your lives. The accumulation of living this present moment with full strength becomes a life without regret.
A warrior must spend his days so that when he looks back over his life, he can say he lived without regret. Live today in a way that would not be shameful. Even if Beth came tomorrow. This is the root of the Warriors Way.
Do not look only at some great goal in the distant future and neglect the single day before your lives. The accumulation of living this present moment with full strength becomes a life without regret.
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????? Mother in law perhaps? Ex wife?
Wing Woo Gar71 32
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Death. Same thing.
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Entry 100
there is no end to the way of the warrior. No matter how much training one has accumulated, it is important to keep the humidity of feeling that it is still not enough.
The person who thinks, ‘I have mastered the Warrior’s way’ has already departed from it. Continue learning, continue polishing and spend a lifetime drawing closer to the Warrior’s way. That endless walk is the essence of the Warrior’s way.
there is no end to the way of the warrior. No matter how much training one has accumulated, it is important to keep the humidity of feeling that it is still not enough.
The person who thinks, ‘I have mastered the Warrior’s way’ has already departed from it. Continue learning, continue polishing and spend a lifetime drawing closer to the Warrior’s way. That endless walk is the essence of the Warrior’s way.
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Entry 101
A warrior must not judge people by appearance or reputation alone. A person, highly praised by the world, may in fact to be a little substance. Conversely, a person who appears plain and unnoticed may become of the one most reliable when the decisive moment comes.
The only way to know a person is to observe that person’s condo directly with one’s own eyes and discern it overtime.
A warrior must not judge people by appearance or reputation alone. A person, highly praised by the world, may in fact to be a little substance. Conversely, a person who appears plain and unnoticed may become of the one most reliable when the decisive moment comes.
The only way to know a person is to observe that person’s condo directly with one’s own eyes and discern it overtime.
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Or they peacock strut around in snooty, fancy, or bedazzled costumes…Unless they have straggly, unkempt beards, of course
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Entry 103
A warrior must cultivate the way of words just as he cultivate the way of the sword. Just as a sharp sword wounds people, words that are too sharp can also lose a person deeply.
Once the words are spoken, they cannot be taken back. Choose words that reach the other persons heart, and say what is necessary in the necessary measure.
A warrior must cultivate the way of words just as he cultivate the way of the sword. Just as a sharp sword wounds people, words that are too sharp can also lose a person deeply.
Once the words are spoken, they cannot be taken back. Choose words that reach the other persons heart, and say what is necessary in the necessary measure.
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In one oration I have, it is suggested that one carries a little rouge in one's sleeve to touch one's face.
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Entry 104
in the place of context, a warrior must not despise his opponent. No matter how inferior the opponent may appear, if one is careless, one will be trapped up.
Conversely, no matter how powerful the opponent may appear, one must not shrink back in fear. Accurately discern the opponents ability, and always face him with full strength. This calm posture is the figure of a true competitor.
in the place of context, a warrior must not despise his opponent. No matter how inferior the opponent may appear, if one is careless, one will be trapped up.
Conversely, no matter how powerful the opponent may appear, one must not shrink back in fear. Accurately discern the opponents ability, and always face him with full strength. This calm posture is the figure of a true competitor.
Wing Woo Gar71 32
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Perfect for @Gyakuto
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I don’t need rouge since I neither drink nor have pasty white skin
Wing Woo Gar71 32
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Need is such an abused word…I don’t need rouge since I neither drink nor have pasty white skin
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Entry 105
A warrior has the responsibility to preserve the teachings and style of his own house, and pass them onto the next generation. The pride of the house built by one’s ancestors must not end with one’s own lifetime.
To children and disciples, one must transmit the spirit of the warriors way not only through words, but through ones own manner of living. This is one of the important duties of a warrior.
A warrior has the responsibility to preserve the teachings and style of his own house, and pass them onto the next generation. The pride of the house built by one’s ancestors must not end with one’s own lifetime.
To children and disciples, one must transmit the spirit of the warriors way not only through words, but through ones own manner of living. This is one of the important duties of a warrior.
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Entry 106
A warrior must hold dreams and goals high, while at the same time not running away from the reality before his eyes. A person who speaks only of ideals and does not act in reality will never accomplish anything.
Keep a high aspiration within the heart, while steadily handling what can be done in this very moment. facing both ideal and reality with sincerity is the way a warrior lives.
A warrior must hold dreams and goals high, while at the same time not running away from the reality before his eyes. A person who speaks only of ideals and does not act in reality will never accomplish anything.
Keep a high aspiration within the heart, while steadily handling what can be done in this very moment. facing both ideal and reality with sincerity is the way a warrior lives.
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Entry 107
A warrior must not receive another persons kindness, as if it were natural. When someone uses time or strength for one psych, it is important to appreciate that labor, and not forget gratitude.
Showing gratitude, not only in words, but also in actions is true courtesy. One who is dull toward the kindness of others, will eventually receive help from now on.
A warrior must not receive another persons kindness, as if it were natural. When someone uses time or strength for one psych, it is important to appreciate that labor, and not forget gratitude.
Showing gratitude, not only in words, but also in actions is true courtesy. One who is dull toward the kindness of others, will eventually receive help from now on.
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I was thinking about how funny it is the way many Westerners use the term ‘rōnin’.
In Western popular culture, rōnin has come to mean a brooding, self-reliant swordsman who has chosen freedom over service, a samurai version of the lone wolf. But the historical reality was much less glamorous. The word (浪人, literally "wave person") described someone adrift, a bushi who had shamefully lost his place in the social order because his lord had died, been dismissed, or had his domain confiscated. This was usually a misfortune rather than a choice, and it often meant poverty. Many rōnin made ends meet as teachers, clerks, or day laborers, or by making umbrellas and doing other piecework, and the authorities of the Edo period saw large numbers of them as a potential source of unrest, as the 1651 Keian incident showed. The most famous rōnin story in Japan, that of the Forty-Seven Rōnin of Akō, also contradicts the Western image. Those men were not independent loners but retainers bound by loyalty to a dead master, facing unemployment, poverty annd disgrace and they acted collectively to ‘avenge’ him or rather, try and show the authorities that they held the essence of samurai virtue and were worthy of further employment by another lord. Even the modern Japanese use of the word, for students who have failed their university entrance exams and are waiting to try again, carries a sense of being in disgrace and temporarily without a place.
The Western version has taken a word for shameful dislocation and, in error turned it into a symbol of autonomy, which tells us more about Western ideas of individualism than about the lives of the people the word described.
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Entry 109
A warrior must be able to show Honisz to respect towards those who are superior to him. One whose pride interferes and prevents him from acknowledging an excellent person is obstructing his own growth. A warrior must be able to show honest respect towards those who are superior to him. One whose pride interferes and prevents him from acknowledging an excellent person is obstructing his own growth.
To admit, “I do not yet reach that person,” is not shameful to acknowledge it, and then strive to catch up, is an attitude worthy of pride in a warrior.
A warrior must be able to show Honisz to respect towards those who are superior to him. One whose pride interferes and prevents him from acknowledging an excellent person is obstructing his own growth. A warrior must be able to show honest respect towards those who are superior to him. One whose pride interferes and prevents him from acknowledging an excellent person is obstructing his own growth.
To admit, “I do not yet reach that person,” is not shameful to acknowledge it, and then strive to catch up, is an attitude worthy of pride in a warrior.
Wing Woo Gar71 32
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You should put this one on your bathroom mirror and read it aloud each morning and evening.
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