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The bull...
8 years ago
While reading another chapter in the enchridion, "How may a man preserve his proper character upon any occasion"
I found this:
The student asks:
How, then, shall each of us become aware of what is appropriate to his own proper character?
In reply:
How comes it, replied he, that when a lion charges, the bull alone is aware of his own prowess and rushes forward to defend the whole herd. Or is it clear that with the possession of prowess comes immediately the consciousness of it also?
Yet a bull does not become a bull all at once, any more than a man becomes noble, lest a man must undergo a winter training. He must prepare himself and must not plunge recklessly into what is inappropriate for him.
The line made me smile but also recognize that life has hardship, and that it's necessary to progress and growth. The last year was a winter training and I came out hurting, but I keep walking forward. I miss the core parts of my life that I lost, but I just keep walking forward looking at the new, finding news joys and new opportunities. I'm better for it.
I found this:
The student asks:
How, then, shall each of us become aware of what is appropriate to his own proper character?
In reply:
How comes it, replied he, that when a lion charges, the bull alone is aware of his own prowess and rushes forward to defend the whole herd. Or is it clear that with the possession of prowess comes immediately the consciousness of it also?
Yet a bull does not become a bull all at once, any more than a man becomes noble, lest a man must undergo a winter training. He must prepare himself and must not plunge recklessly into what is inappropriate for him.
The line made me smile but also recognize that life has hardship, and that it's necessary to progress and growth. The last year was a winter training and I came out hurting, but I keep walking forward. I miss the core parts of my life that I lost, but I just keep walking forward looking at the new, finding news joys and new opportunities. I'm better for it.
