When to Fight, When to Walk

"Grandfather," she started to ask, "When does one know when to fight for something and when to walk away."

"My dear granddaughter," grandfather started, "When going up the path on a mountain, if the terrain becomes blocked, it is time to find another way around. This may require one to head down the same path they walked, in order to find the path that gets them around the barrier."

If the debris on the mountain is not that intense one should fight their way through it, however if the mountain pass is in deed great, it is just safer and better to find a new way around it. If it takes more energy to fight through than to walk away, then you should spend your time walking instead of fighting. The Tao is limitless in energy, but not wasteful in effort.

In life things will break, and if you have the power to fix it, one should, however if one is incapable of fixing the item, one should toss it and find a new item, or work on creating it again from scratch. A pebble thrown in the ocean would take too much effort to bring back, however walking upon the beach one may find a pebble just like the one lost. If you value a pebble do not throw it away, if you value a person fight for them, do not just give up. When we talk about people though the rock has just the same amount of power, if the person has been let go and does not want to sink, they should fight for what they want, but recognize too where underlying things led to the problem in the first place.

People do not change unless they go through a traumatic event little one. Broken people can not be fixed as easy as one believes, and usually ends with little to no progress made in trying to piece them back together. The easiest solution when it comes to broken people is to not try to fix them, but not be with them as well. Be there for them as a friend, or avoid them all together. One should never try to fix what another does not fix in  themselves.

Life is filled with pain of the heart, with heated anger, and with hurt feelings, however life also is filled with love, kindness, and healing. If a person focuses only on one side of the coin they will never be able to see the whole, or determine the truth in their life, or see where one may cultivate themselves to be better.

It is always good to look at the whole than at the piece. Eyes can be used to see only what the eyes see. One can see more when using all senses, when one uses the Tao to look upon all things and aspects one will truly see the events of future dealings. An animal in the wild does not rely on sight alone, but masters all senses for the protection of itself, and of its kind.

When in life you fight for the ones you love, you avoid the broken people that do not want to fix themselves, and you can expect hurt feelings, or pain, but not dwell on it. Pick yourself up in life, and fight for what the heart wants, for the goals you laid down, and for the person you wish to become.