"It is not the strong but the responsive that survive."
Well, it wasn't an ancient fortune cookie, but it did taste pretty stale. However the fortune I got out of it was very true and thought provoking. It also reminded me of a song lyric from a tune by Jewel called Innocence Maintained that I love:
"Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend."
So it seems that in the old face off between Warrior and Rogue, the rogue is the one who would win the battle according to this proverb. But generally, the Warrior really only needs to land one or two hits to take just about anything out.
Sometimes it feels like life is the Warrior, and I am the Rogue. I dodge disaster one day at a time by thinking on my feet and staying ahead of the giant mace/axe/bastard sword etc., but what happens when life finally does manage to land a blow?
I think it is, as the proverb suggests, not about being able to take hits head on but instead about how you react. Life can send terrible tragedy or good fortune, but one could ruin a life equally as horribly on both if not handled well.
In respect to evading the blows that life delivers games tend to take after reality, in that the best way to mitigate and evade the damage is to level up. When you stand 5 levels above all that surrounds you then the few blows that do land will be light as a feather, where once they shook you to the core. Just like in many games people always seem to recognize, even if only on an unconscious level, when the person standing before them represents a measurable power gap, and they're far less likely to aggro when they sense the odds stacked against them.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, this is true! Your thoughts hearken back to some things I've touched on in earlier posts, especially about the necessity for leveling up.
DeleteSo true. :-)
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