From my experience, I learned that there are only two basic ways to view and go about the world and life as a whole.
One way is as a fighter, and the other one is as an architect and a builder.
There is a beautiful quote I really like, by Heraclitus, and it goes like this:
“Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, 80 are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.”
The warrior, from this analogy, represents the architect and builder.
Why?
Well, because the fighter always needs an enemy and a fight to have a sense of purpose. And when life does not provide an enemy, the fighter will start inventing one. You will always be able to hear it in their speech when you listen closely. Today, it’s going to be the matrix. Tomorrow, the wind and so on—never-ending enemies.
The warrior does not need the fight or the enemy because he is, at his core, an architect and builder. He stands out in any war because his sense of responsibility for life and progress helps him to conduct himself and those around him as an orchestra, out of hell and into peace so he may build again.
And now, let me ask you this:
Which one are you?
How do you want to be remembered?
With love, yours truly, Cristian.