Your philosophy does not give you power. Your rationalizations
do not give you power. You justifications do not give you power.
You have to have it. If you don't, you have to get it. But
bringing it up in a far off forum on the corner of the Internet
is not the same as embodying it. Talking ABOUT pain is not the
same as pain. Empathizing with fictional characters that became
strong through hardship and became powerful is not the same as
becoming strong through hardship and becoming powerful. You
can't cheat your way there. There's no shortcuts.* * caveat:
There ARE shortcuts and cheats. That's when you convince
yourself that you're something when you're not. That's when you
convince others that you're something when you're not. Have it?
You have it. Don't have it? You get it. But talking and thinking
about it is just killing time before you die.
