Knowing when things happened won’t teach you how to endure them, you sit around by pages covered in dust in dead men’s names Knowing when things happened won’t teach you how to endure them, trying to pin down battles, alliances, but these are footnotes not even foundations Knowing when things happened won’t teach you how to endure them, no one becomes wiser from trivia alone but we grow wiser from time to time Knowing when things happened won’t teach you how to endure them, the heart of the matter isn’t when it happened but why it still matters to you…
The classics are not relics to admire but reflections to wrestle with, you imagine these stories as artifacts that are deeply frozen in time The classics are not relics to admire but reflections to wrestle with, but they breathe if you let them- they ache, they plead, they argue with you The classics are not relics to admire but reflections to wrestle with, why anger became a poison and why grief turned him back into a man The classics are not relics to admire but reflections to wrestle with, you’re not here to tour ruins but you’re here to wrestle with what still lives…
The real battlefield is the space between you values and your actions, how many times did your pride cost you more than defeat ever could The real battlefield is the space between you values and your actions, these epics repeat because we do not in blood but in daily decisions The real battlefield is the space between you values and your actions, the gods may be gone but our flaws live on dresses in new clothes The real battlefield is the space between your values and your actions, we read not to escape ourselves but to confront what we already know…
Temptations looks different now but it still wants the same thing-your purpose, but distraction will still pull at you, soft and slow and full of false comfort Temptations looks different now but it still wants the same thing-your purpose, every age has its sirens and every ,ind has its weaknesses Temptations looks different now but it still wants the same thing-your purpose, knowing the myth isn’t enough but you must spot it when isn’t enough- you must spot it when it wears modern beliefs Temptations looks different now but it still wants the same thing-your purpose, discipline isn’t glamorous but it’s what gets you home to your dreams…
Watchwords: Find yourself more patient, more honest, more awake to your flaws You have learned more than any lecture could have promised The world needs fewer experts and more decent power Let the books teach you how to feel, how to fail, and how to rise again
Here is Tikatarot, who dares you to answer the question, “Who am I?”..
As and will always be reminding you to dream:
“As you are still the Master of your destiny and the maker of your dreams…”
