Workin' It
I realized today that although I lack the ambition of a fighter, my mind has always been a gladiator. That is, an enslaved fighter trapped in a cage that takes the form of a very lazy man. My mind is only challenged through the act of challenging. It is only through aggressive interest that anything is learned, passivity brings only temporary memorization. So I seek out other minds to combat and grow from the experience.
The mind is a muscle, but its mass cannot be measured by its volume, but by its thoughts. It's a muscle that thrives on rich sources of knowledge. Its health, like any muscle, is dependant on how broad and balanced the nutrition it receives is. Its strength comes from exercise, thinking exercises. Deep thoughts, long thoughts, frequent thoughts: these are the exercises that refine and define it. Only then is its foundation ready to be sculpted, molded; chiseled. It is on that foundation that we build splendid, sleek and strong temples of wisdom.
The mind is a muscle, but its mass cannot be measured by its volume, but by its thoughts. It's a muscle that thrives on rich sources of knowledge. Its health, like any muscle, is dependant on how broad and balanced the nutrition it receives is. Its strength comes from exercise, thinking exercises. Deep thoughts, long thoughts, frequent thoughts: these are the exercises that refine and define it. Only then is its foundation ready to be sculpted, molded; chiseled. It is on that foundation that we build splendid, sleek and strong temples of wisdom.