"Watching a performance of warriors, I was told,
'This fighter's tradition is six hundred years old.'
And I saw a performance so mired in ritual--
As if nothing valid had happened in six hundred years.
We must honor the classical without being irrelevant."
It's hard to stay focused on the present when I think about how much has gone into it, or about how much I hope for and what it means that I get to keep waking up every day. With one important, strong decision, I have changed my entire life. Now every step I take counts more than ever. When I think about what I really do want, that means more than anything. I have to live up to this chance I have finally given myself.
'This fighter's tradition is six hundred years old.'
And I saw a performance so mired in ritual--
As if nothing valid had happened in six hundred years.
We must honor the classical without being irrelevant."
It's hard to stay focused on the present when I think about how much has gone into it, or about how much I hope for and what it means that I get to keep waking up every day. With one important, strong decision, I have changed my entire life. Now every step I take counts more than ever. When I think about what I really do want, that means more than anything. I have to live up to this chance I have finally given myself.
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