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Miro. Warrior Poet Wisdom Vol. VII: Fortitude
FOREWORD
INTRO
CHAPTER I: WARRIOR WISDOM
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
Charlie Mike
“The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.”
Take it Back
"If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself."
In Loving Shape
“Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.”
Ronin
“Honesty is not something you should flirt with. You should be married to it.”
The Cowboy Code
“Wherever you go, there you are.”
Some Place Else
“The truth is that you need to say yes to suffering before you can transcend it.” ~Eckhart Tolle. Yes to Suffering
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Matters
Things That Matter
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.”
Nomenclature
“Wrestle to be the man philosophy wished to make you.”
Just a man
CHAPTER II: WARRIOR CHEST POUNDING
“When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
Not That Busy
“If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.”
Guarantees
"Expensive clothes are a waste of money."
Who Are You Wearing?
“Individual commitment to a group effort; that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
Sorry I Couldn’t Come Out
"A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth."
Not Name Calling
“The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.”
The Good Deed
CHAPTER III: NON-WARRIORS
“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”
Distant Tough Guy
“You have judged correctly.”
Deed vs Doer
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
“Christians”
“There is nothing so pathetic as a bore who claims attention - and gets it.”
Starving for Attention
"The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.”
Junk People
“There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.”
Exceptionists
"Stop whining!”
Workout Whiners
CHAPTER IV: WARRIOR ACUITY
"Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really."
Good Boy
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
Good Boy: Part II
“Soon silence will have passed into legend.”
Silence
"'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after."
Wheelchair Man
CHAPTER V: WARRIOR PAIN MANAGEMENT
“When you feel fear, use the sword. Take it up here and cut the mind to ribbons. Slash through all those regrets and fears, anything else that lives in the past and the future.” ~Socrates in “Way of the Peaceful Warrior” by Dan Millman. Ribbons of Angst
“What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.”
Heart Failure
“A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.” ~Earl Wilson. Pain Killer
“If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.”
Sorry Sam
Closing
About the Author
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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It’s been a while. No, I haven’t gotten lazy or abandoned this project. I’ve still been writing, but haven’t gotten around to collecting them into the next volume. Much has happened since the last book. My father had a heart attack and is now living with heart failure. A week after his hospital stay, our beloved husky-shepherd of 10 years, Bear, passed away suddenly. And 7 years after our first miscarriage, my wife and I became pregnant again through IVF, only to have another miscarriage 3 months into the pregnancy. I’m sure this might be sad for many to hear, but the whole point of my writings is to remind of the strength we have within us, not only when times are pleasant, but especially when times are difficult. I don’t share these personal experiences with you for your sympathy. I share because Warrior Poet Wisdom was conceived as the most honest of my creative projects. I don’t spin anything here. I don’t add flash and sizzle, embellish or manipulate. I don’t use a stage name. This is my real life, and I hope it serves to remind you that I’m living what I’m writing. Despite all of these losses, nothing has changed. My previous writings don’t retroactively change now because of these new developments. They only resonate with me more. When life beats you down, you can curl up and cry, or you can GET UP and CHARLIE MIKE. All these experiences have served to do is make it clearer to me how many do not make the warrior’s choice of fortitude.
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