"Only when you stand to lose what is most precious to you, do you strive to achieve something higher."
Really? That is it?
"Yes."
That comes as a surprise. All these hours spent trying to comprehend the inner workings and hidden meanings leads me to this. I am not entirely certain it is a complete philosophy, but for today, it will have to do.
"Only when you stand to lose what is most precious to you, do you strive to achieve something higher."
I am not sure how to interpret this. It feels so right, yet in feeling so right, it does not feel quite right at all. And had it been an answer I had arrived at after squeezing my brain like a lemon for an hour and a half, I would have disregarded it as a moronic rationalization by my mind just to get some rest. But, it arrived spontaneously, without the application of any direct force, and just eased its way the other thoughts that were occupying me.
I do not surrender to it, not yet. I look at it with a suspicious eye, because nothing is above suspicion, or beyond questioning. Yet, it has a simple elegance to it, yet seems to be something more complex, the more I try to utilize it.
"...stand to lose what is most precious..." I do not know what exactly is most precious to me. Occasionally, things have seemed valuable to me, but I have usually given up most of these things- some readily, some begrudgingly- for other things. Valuable, yes. Not precious.
It seems like the ultimate riddle. When do you realize what is most precious to you? When you stand to lose it. So, you strive to achieve something higher only when you realize what is most precious to you and at the same moment, are at risk of losing it.
Seems too confusing to me. Perhaps I should try not to lose something that is very valuable to me at the moment. My sleep.
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