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When You Wake Up in the Morning

“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own – not of the same blood and birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me. No one can implicate me in ugliness. Nor can I feel angry at my relative, or hate him. We were born to work together like feet, hands and eyes, like the two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To obstruct each other is unnatural. To feel anger at someone, to turn your back on him: these are unnatural.”

— Marcus Aurelius

[scenteddinosaurparadise]

"Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters" --- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[zzzze]

“The present is the same for everyone; its loss is the same for everyone.” - note to a Stoic.

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"Todo lo que escuchamos es una opinión, no un hecho. Todo lo que vemos es una perspectiva, no la verdad."

–Marco Aurelio

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In The Dark of the Night

@stoicsword

The Rose Shield was on night patrol and for good reason. Apparently there had been rumors of civilians being attacked at night by unknown forces. So far, there had only been injuries that had been reported. But whose to say that said unknown forces won’t try to kill anyone next? No...she won’t let that happen, no matter who it was. It was her duty as a super heroine after all to protect the innocent and bring those who caused trouble for others to justice.

As she was observing her surroundings from the air, the ginger couldn’t help but notice a man with a large two handed sword. Well certainly stuck out didn’t he? But upon for inspection, it would appear that he was fighting something...What though? From her perspective, it looked like he was swinging his sword at nothing...Could it be that it was out of the supernatural? One way to find out as she flew in his direction to help....

[suntzuofficial]

And what if the Enemy hid the battlefield from you, as you stood right in the middle of it?  Deliberately kept your forces spread out unevenly?  Cunningly kept you in such a weakened and confused state, that you never even had the chance to fight back?  Pretended to be your friend, when they were really your foe.  Rigged the game behind your back, so that by the time you did realize you were under attack, it was too late.  The war was already over…you had lost and they had long won.

So much of "The Art of War" is about strategy and understanding the terrain, the battlefield, the circumstances you are in, and then coming up with a strategy to win.  But just because you've read Sun Tzu and are employing the tactics in the book, doesn't necessarily mean you will succeed.  

Because it is very possible the Enemy has read "The Art of War" too.  And unlike you, that same Enemy may not ever adhere to Sun Tzu's "5 Virtues of A Commander" like you do.  They may simply have no virtue, despite all wholesome, clean cut, doe-eyed appearances.

And they may have already Devised An Unfathomable Plan against you. It is very possible the Enemy has pulled the wool over your eyes and rug out from underneath you.  Distorted your reality with illusion.  Manipulated the outcome to their selfish benefit.

And if so Warrior, then your first counter move is to let go of everything that you know and abandon all fear, doubt, disbelief. 

𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥.

𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙋𝙃𝙀𝙐𝙎: "𝙄 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚. 𝙏𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚? 𝙃𝙢𝙢?"

𝙉𝙀𝙊:  "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩."

𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙋𝙃𝙀𝙐𝙎: "𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙪𝙥. 𝙄𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝. 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙉𝙚𝙤?"

𝙉𝙀𝙊: "𝙉𝙤."

𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙋𝙃𝙀𝙐𝙎: "𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩?"

𝙉𝙀𝙊: "𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄'𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚."

𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙋𝙃𝙀𝙐𝙎: "𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙙. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚. 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄'𝙢 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩?" 𝙉𝙀𝙊: "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙭?"

𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙋𝙃𝙀𝙐𝙎: "𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨? [𝙉𝙚𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙙𝙨] 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙭 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙨. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠... 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝... 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙖𝙭𝙚𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝."

𝙉𝙀𝙊: "𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝?"

𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙋𝙃𝙀𝙐𝙎: "𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙚, 𝙉𝙚𝙤. 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙚. 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝. 𝘼 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙."

𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 if you are Warrior who understand that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.  You've already taken the Red Pill, and want to see for yourself just how deep the rabbit hole goes.

𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 this to anyone who thinks they know Kung-Fu.  "𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙚."" ~ 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙪𝙨

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[magicalgirlfumiko]

 @stoicsword​ has entered Furuzeki.

“Ah. So there is still some of our kind out there still? I hate that the modern Agency likes using magical girls to fight the demons that haunt this city. The powers that be forced me to retire after kidnapping my daughter. At the very least, I have her back.”A woman with messy hair said. 

“The only people that seek me out are either monster hunters or would-be heroes. I’m not much of a mentor figure, just a teacher with a popular book about the folklore of this city. But let’s not worry about that.”

“I am Professor Yurei Go. Researcher of the Youkai and Ghost Hunter. Nice to meet you.”