Knuckles, Guts and Grace

What does fighting bring?

As many songs have taught us, war (which is fighting on a larger-scale though not necessarily an evolved form) is good for absolutely nothing. Huh! And this also seems to be the case with visual media. This was not always the case, something changed. I can't for the life of me figure out when it happened because violence has always been inherent in the system and the way we have done things.

However, I won't argue the merits and drawbacks of violence or warfare right now. I just came to write about fighting.

Fighting is inherent in our society. It's apparently embedded into our DNA and etched deeply into our souls. Fighting is the reason we have come this far. And what I mean by fighting is the unyielding nature of a human being. One could call it stubbornness and it wouldn't be an incorrect assessment. It all really just means that humans throughout history have always keep going forward even if the odds were against them and many times they have been (and this trend will not be broken any time soon).

Why? Because there's always something over the horizon. Always within our grasps but always elusive. But that doesn't stop us because somehow, it's known that though we will not be able to grab the sun within our hands, we will be able to claim what we find in our quest. Land, water, treasure, life, glory, peace.

These are the reasons we fight. To live.

We bleed because we have guts. We break our bones to secure something greater than ourselves for a cause we've deemed to be greater than ourselves as well. The same way a man breaks his back to provide for his family, or the same way you crack eggs to make omelets.

Through this rambling, I mean to point out and make clear that if you're having problems and seem to be down, you should fight. Forward. Use your knuckles, your guts, and all your grace. You owe it to yourself to keep going, you've already made it this far. You'd be a fool to stop and call it quits.