What do people typically associate with strength?
immense size,
unmovable weight,
absolute power,
terrifying weapons,
unyielding toughness,
unlimited resources, and so on.
Symbolically, it’s Goliath, Cyclops, Typhon, Leviathan, the Chaos Dragon.
Something too big against something too small. The collision of an asteroid and a speck of dust. The outcome is fully predetermined.
Really? No, my dear friends, it’s exactly the opposite.
Take, for example, a dagger, a rapier, or a spear. Their penetrating power depends on sharpness. The smaller the contact area with the opponent’s body, the easier it is to pierce through.
Let’s push this insight to the limit — what is infinitely small cannot be physically stopped. It simply doesn’t encounter resistance:
a thumb-sized boy,
a speck of dust,
a melody,
truth,
a drop,
a spore,
an image,
an idea,
light,
will,
spirit.
So, what is the strongest thing in the world? What is, but isn't.
The unnoticed pattern. Faith in the unimaginable. The pregnant void.
The Paradox.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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