I love me those Teddy Roosevelt, Bruce Lee underdog stories just as much as the next person: About how hard work conquers all. But I think the enthusiasm we tell these peoples’ tales with belies the reality; yes, the recounting of their lives may seem inspirational and ear-catching, but it leaves out the feel of mind numbing mundanity and repetitive stress of practicing over and over and over. Working from sunup to sundown, and even strategizing rest and sleep to be more productive. Honestly, I get inspired when that truthful, soul-wearying grind is portrayed; it may not seem pretty, but that’s where the real beauty is at.
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Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha 
That’s so good. Thanks for sharing!
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No problem! 🙂
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amen to that. ’nuff said.
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The late and great fantasy writer David Gemmel once had one of his heroes lecture a young lad; the argument was that he the hero was not the true hero, the hero was the young lad’s father; a farmer who worked day in day out, against the whims of nature and whatever Life had to throw at him and kept on keeping on. Can’t remember the book, but that extract stuck with me through all these years and is something of an inspiration
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I gotta look into this guy! Thanks!
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Glad to be of assistance. He had a knack of weaving nondescript or loser characters into a tale and building them up into heroes of the hour or ‘doing the right thing’ folks. The ‘Chronicles of Druss’ are a good start. He’s a big tough guy with an even bigger heart and never gives up…villains always assume because he’s big he’s just a muscular oaf….bad judgement.
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