If you ask most men - they'll tell you that life is unfair. That some men are endowed with natural gifts while others are not. But life, actually, is ultimately balanced - just not in the way they think. Their own weakness is self-projected and a symptom of their own blindness to the complexities and depths of man's design. Let's do a thought experiment: Who would win in a fist fight - a heavyweight fighter or a lightweight fighter - if you had to bet your family's life on it? Your family's life hangs in the balance according to who you'd choose to win. 9 out of 10 times the heavyweight will win. Of course you'd bet on the heavier man to overpower the lighter fighter. This is only natural. People will say - see? Unfairness in action. The heavier man is endowed with more physical strength so he's more blessed, he's more "alpha". Good. Now let's do another experiment: Now you have to bet your family's life on it again but, this time around - both men are armed with a small pocket knife. Who would you bet on now - if your family's lives depend on the outcome? Suddenly, you will come to realize that raw strength becomes far less important, mass and size become a burden and speed becomes the skill that determines the victor. The lighter man is a smaller, more elusive target. He is far faster, while the larger man is weighed down by his own body, he is slow and predictable - and a much larger and more comfortable target. All the lighter man has to do is beat him to the first good cut and step away and watch him bleed. This is why armour was created - but that's another conversation. In this particular iteration, the lighter man wins 9 out of 10 times. The Roman legions who were far shorter and smaller than their Germanic counterparts conquered half the world partially thanks to this distinction, using the shortsword in close quarters to fell larger opponents. The Ikko-Ikki terrified Japan's elite class of warriors because they used similar philosophy in their fighting. Biology, evolution, war, combat - these are all made equal by men who can think honestly and creatively. When a man accepts who and what he is - the world opens its truth to him - and he is empowered with an unlikely, newfound strength. When a man *wants* to be weak, and he imagines himself deficient, he only finds weakness and predicament in himself. If all it takes for a human being to go from unthreatening to absolutely terrifying, even to the largest man on the planet - is a tiny little pocket knife... You understand what I mean. There is no such thing as weakness - there is only falsehood. And falsehood is to be dispersed. Honesty makes for great fighters. And for great men. ![[IMG_3017.jpeg]]