#️⃣Words

Words can damage. Silence can heal. Knowing when to speak and when not to speak is the wisdom of sages.

Knowledge can hinder. Ignorance can liberate. Knowing when to know and when not to know is the wisdom of prophets.

Unimpeded by words, silence, knowledge, or ignorance, a fluent blade cuts cleanly. This is the wisdom of a warrior.

We use so many words to describe what happens to us, and it all amounts to the same thing. We live out our lives as we are meant to live them - with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.