don't always see eye to eye.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Barbara De Angelis
~~~
This is a fact. The winds and I seem to be having quite the disagreement of late. Since Sahli calls me the Ubara of Butterflies, I suppose that means that the winds and the butterflies are not seeing eye to eye. What are we disagreeing about? Why, Sahli of course. I want him to be happy, and apparently they are dead set on making him miserable. Well, they had better watch out because I don't think they know what they are dealing with. Yes, I'm a runt. Yes, I'm not near so strong as other people out there. I'm not the smartest, the fastest, or even the strongest. I might not even be the bravest. What I am, though, is fed up. I am a Tuchuk, and I have never once backed down from a challenge laid at my feet. I sure as the Skies won't be doing so now. Not when the stakes are this high. I don't have magic. I don't have brute strength. I don't even really have an idea of how to fight this war, but I do have a few things on my side. I have love, I have determination, I have courage, and I have sheer bosk headed will on my side.
I don't care if the winds keep sending me nightmares. I don't care what they do to me, and in fact I would prefer them attack me than him. I had nightmares last night, but Sahli had a night's worth of peaceful rest for once. He needed it. I will suffer more nightmares, more pain, more suffering, more torment if it means that man has some peace. I don't think the winds quite get that. Now, I just have to think of a plan. Normally, I would go seek Fonce's council on this. I can't. I promised Sahli I wouldn't discuss it with Fonce. I will have to think of something else. I do know this much. The harder the winds try to tear me away from him, the harder I will fight to stay at his side. I might be a runty Tuchuk, but by Skies, I'm still a Tuchuk. I had to be -more- stubborn than the next one just to survive.
Maybe I will talk to Fonce. I can't tell him what is bothering Sahli due to my promise, but maybe I can tell him that Sahli just needs someone on his side right now other than me. I know that when all dust settles I'm still just a woman. I know that sometimes men just need the council of other men. Its like when I need to hunt up T'zuri for girl gab session. Well, I'm sure they don't gab about love, and babies and thinks. They do gabbing about manly things. I'm not even sure I want to know all of what t hat would include. Yes, I think I'll seek out Fonce. I'll explain that I can't tell him why because I promised Sahli I wouldn't tell anyone, but that I think Sahli needs a man to talk to. Yes, a good start. Let them winds know Sahli's not alone. Let them know that there's more on his side than just me, too. Take that winds. My army might only be butterflies, but you don't judge an army by its size. You judge it by its determination and motivation. That is where I think this force, what ever it is, has seriously underestimated me. Good. Let it. Makes it easier for me to win this fight. I didn't start it. I will finish it.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Barbara De Angelis
~~~
This is a fact. The winds and I seem to be having quite the disagreement of late. Since Sahli calls me the Ubara of Butterflies, I suppose that means that the winds and the butterflies are not seeing eye to eye. What are we disagreeing about? Why, Sahli of course. I want him to be happy, and apparently they are dead set on making him miserable. Well, they had better watch out because I don't think they know what they are dealing with. Yes, I'm a runt. Yes, I'm not near so strong as other people out there. I'm not the smartest, the fastest, or even the strongest. I might not even be the bravest. What I am, though, is fed up. I am a Tuchuk, and I have never once backed down from a challenge laid at my feet. I sure as the Skies won't be doing so now. Not when the stakes are this high. I don't have magic. I don't have brute strength. I don't even really have an idea of how to fight this war, but I do have a few things on my side. I have love, I have determination, I have courage, and I have sheer bosk headed will on my side.
I don't care if the winds keep sending me nightmares. I don't care what they do to me, and in fact I would prefer them attack me than him. I had nightmares last night, but Sahli had a night's worth of peaceful rest for once. He needed it. I will suffer more nightmares, more pain, more suffering, more torment if it means that man has some peace. I don't think the winds quite get that. Now, I just have to think of a plan. Normally, I would go seek Fonce's council on this. I can't. I promised Sahli I wouldn't discuss it with Fonce. I will have to think of something else. I do know this much. The harder the winds try to tear me away from him, the harder I will fight to stay at his side. I might be a runty Tuchuk, but by Skies, I'm still a Tuchuk. I had to be -more- stubborn than the next one just to survive.
Maybe I will talk to Fonce. I can't tell him what is bothering Sahli due to my promise, but maybe I can tell him that Sahli just needs someone on his side right now other than me. I know that when all dust settles I'm still just a woman. I know that sometimes men just need the council of other men. Its like when I need to hunt up T'zuri for girl gab session. Well, I'm sure they don't gab about love, and babies and thinks. They do gabbing about manly things. I'm not even sure I want to know all of what t hat would include. Yes, I think I'll seek out Fonce. I'll explain that I can't tell him why because I promised Sahli I wouldn't tell anyone, but that I think Sahli needs a man to talk to. Yes, a good start. Let them winds know Sahli's not alone. Let them know that there's more on his side than just me, too. Take that winds. My army might only be butterflies, but you don't judge an army by its size. You judge it by its determination and motivation. That is where I think this force, what ever it is, has seriously underestimated me. Good. Let it. Makes it easier for me to win this fight. I didn't start it. I will finish it.
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