The Light Warrior Sometimes Acts As the Water

The Light Warrior Sometimes Acts As the Water

Paulo Coelho, from the Manual of the Light Warrior ("Manual del Guerrero de la Luz")
Original in Spanish, translation.

The light warrior sometimes acts as the water, and flows between the obstacles he encounters.

In certain instances, to resist means to be destroyed; then, he adapts to circumstances. He accepts without protest that the stones of the path trace his direction through the mountains. In this resides the force of the water; never can be broken by a hammer, nor wounded by a knife. The most powerful sword of the world is incapable of leaving a scar over its surface.

The water of the river adapts to the most feasible road, without forgetting its objective: the sea. Fragile in its birth, slowly it goes acquiring the force of the other rivers it encounters. And from a definite moment, its power is total.