To attain that sharpness that parts obstacles like water, challenge yourself without ego, without bravado.  Too much at once and you’ll break, too little and you remain dull.   Blades aren’t forged by comfort; they’re forged by precise doses of fire.

Actively enforcing the axiom that everything is fundamentally the same doesn’t mean that everything’s a drab muddle; in fact, it’s just the opposite.  The proof can be found when one’s capacity for “monotony” increases.  If I may ask you to make a small leap with me here:  There are those who are addicted to work and…