The Nature of Things

At the sight of the inevitable one must learn to accept it and move on. That must be the reason why I have grown accustomed to the nature of things. I do not need to fight it because I know I will not win. Where I come from we fight. We fight the unchangeable and we think that the unchangeable can be changed. And when we lose these battles we get up again, proud because we fought.

Should I opt for pacifism? What if pacifism just isn’t part of my being, just isn’t part of the natural state of my body?

Some days are warm, some days are not. I cannot control that. But I can control the way it controls me. I have accepted the cold as an ineludible part of my home. I know that my mornings will be cold and I face them. Sometimes when I am coming home and it is cold outside, I do not rush to open the door. I arrive with ease because the cold will not last forever. And it does not rain much in Shodoshima so when it rains I must laugh and understand that nature can be stubborn and unpredictable but also beautiful and rich. I am very much a part of it.