What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.' Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Muse: Na'Toth
Fandom: Babylon 5
Yes-yes, my people adheres to such principle in many things. We believe, Narn should pass through many experiences to find himself, to understand, what he is capable on, to understand the opportunities. The more experiences the person will have, the more knowledge and skills he gets.
I could tell about how we use this principle at education of our children, about Ceremony of Consecration which many young Narns are obliged to pass through, but now I want to reflect on other side of a question.
It seems to me, the question is formulated a little bit incorrectly. For example, what happen with a thing (let it will be a clay jug) if it will be constantly dropped on a floor or to be kicked with legs? Whether will be this jug stronger from such manipulation with it?
Or, we shall take more a bright example: you have broken a hand recently, it has just recovered, and here, bang! somebody beats you on this hand again. Whether will your hand be stronger from it? I doubt of it.
Yes, some experiences can not kill us, but sometimes it leaves some of us crippled. And we would need a lot of time brace ourselves and to gain strength again.
Yes, indeed, experiences which we have passed through and have survived, make us more wise, more skilled. Sometimes it harden us only.
Here is my personal theory. Each person is born with the certain safety factor, both physical, and spiritual. The strong personality, especially if person has strong will, experiences only make him stronger. Weak are eliminated, break, disappear in nonexistence.
From here a conclusion: if experience has not killed you, means, you were strong from the very beginning, but, probably, did not know about this potential, and the vicissitudes of life only have helped you to learn yourself and your opportunities. Experiences help those ones who strong potentially, to become stronger, to believe in themselves. But they cannot make weak person stronger. It is impossible to bring up a tree from nothing. There should be a seed which can lay in the ground long years, but will give shoots as soon as there will be a rain.
Like wind, kicking up dust, leaves strong rocks only, so life experiences destroy all superfluous and unnecessary stuff, leaving only that things that are really important for you.
So Centauri, having come on the Narn, like a gale-force wind have destroyed all that could weaken us. Yes, it was hurt. Yes, many Narns have been crippled and broken, but those people which were strong, have survived and became even stronger.
Fandom: Babylon 5
Yes-yes, my people adheres to such principle in many things. We believe, Narn should pass through many experiences to find himself, to understand, what he is capable on, to understand the opportunities. The more experiences the person will have, the more knowledge and skills he gets.
I could tell about how we use this principle at education of our children, about Ceremony of Consecration which many young Narns are obliged to pass through, but now I want to reflect on other side of a question.
It seems to me, the question is formulated a little bit incorrectly. For example, what happen with a thing (let it will be a clay jug) if it will be constantly dropped on a floor or to be kicked with legs? Whether will be this jug stronger from such manipulation with it?
Or, we shall take more a bright example: you have broken a hand recently, it has just recovered, and here, bang! somebody beats you on this hand again. Whether will your hand be stronger from it? I doubt of it.
Yes, some experiences can not kill us, but sometimes it leaves some of us crippled. And we would need a lot of time brace ourselves and to gain strength again.
Yes, indeed, experiences which we have passed through and have survived, make us more wise, more skilled. Sometimes it harden us only.
Here is my personal theory. Each person is born with the certain safety factor, both physical, and spiritual. The strong personality, especially if person has strong will, experiences only make him stronger. Weak are eliminated, break, disappear in nonexistence.
From here a conclusion: if experience has not killed you, means, you were strong from the very beginning, but, probably, did not know about this potential, and the vicissitudes of life only have helped you to learn yourself and your opportunities. Experiences help those ones who strong potentially, to become stronger, to believe in themselves. But they cannot make weak person stronger. It is impossible to bring up a tree from nothing. There should be a seed which can lay in the ground long years, but will give shoots as soon as there will be a rain.
Like wind, kicking up dust, leaves strong rocks only, so life experiences destroy all superfluous and unnecessary stuff, leaving only that things that are really important for you.
So Centauri, having come on the Narn, like a gale-force wind have destroyed all that could weaken us. Yes, it was hurt. Yes, many Narns have been crippled and broken, but those people which were strong, have survived and became even stronger.