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Partly cloudy, 2C (-7C)
Hiei-san is supposed to get 100cm of snow, tonight.
In chatting with someone, I'm really inspired to wax on the idea of counter-points and strengths--that every strength is/has an inherent weakness.
Every strength [and every weakness, for that matter] has a gyakuten--a counterpoint--an Achilles heel. For example : I can be alone in depths and for lengths that many others could not bear, but my strength at that can make me not so good at handling being with ppl while other ppl are very good with others and in interpersonal relationships but cannot tolerate solitude. Those who cannot tolerate being alone even briefly and shallowly can connect with others in ways and with ease that are basically impossible for me to exercise on any widespread or consistent basis...
It is this myriad of criss-crossing strengths and gyakuten that make living in the world so complicated, and so delicately balanced.
A person shouldn't aim to be all strength or as little weakness as possible as much as they should aim for a constellation of strengths and weaknesses refined as entirely as possible [along with their counter-points] which allows their personality and character to bloom to their fullest potential and therefore allows the individual to fulfill the greatest of his or her "destiny," as it were.
===On a totally different note!
I must especially get lots of packing done this weekend because I am going to Kobe for an overnight stay--Jan 1 and 2nd. This means that I will not be alone in my apartment avoiding the particularly distressing Oshogatsu-stares of the Japanese for New Year's.
Hiei-san is supposed to get 100cm of snow, tonight.
In chatting with someone, I'm really inspired to wax on the idea of counter-points and strengths--that every strength is/has an inherent weakness.
Every strength [and every weakness, for that matter] has a gyakuten--a counterpoint--an Achilles heel. For example : I can be alone in depths and for lengths that many others could not bear, but my strength at that can make me not so good at handling being with ppl while other ppl are very good with others and in interpersonal relationships but cannot tolerate solitude. Those who cannot tolerate being alone even briefly and shallowly can connect with others in ways and with ease that are basically impossible for me to exercise on any widespread or consistent basis...
It is this myriad of criss-crossing strengths and gyakuten that make living in the world so complicated, and so delicately balanced.
A person shouldn't aim to be all strength or as little weakness as possible as much as they should aim for a constellation of strengths and weaknesses refined as entirely as possible [along with their counter-points] which allows their personality and character to bloom to their fullest potential and therefore allows the individual to fulfill the greatest of his or her "destiny," as it were.
===On a totally different note!
I must especially get lots of packing done this weekend because I am going to Kobe for an overnight stay--Jan 1 and 2nd. This means that I will not be alone in my apartment avoiding the particularly distressing Oshogatsu-stares of the Japanese for New Year's.