"If you think you're puny enough to be harmless, wait until someone steals your candy."
We often mistake smallness for safety. It is tempting to believe that being overlooked protects us, that our quiet presence makes us untouchable. Yet there is no creature alive without a threshold, no heart that does not guard something it deems precious. Harmlessness is not the truth—it is the pause before the defence.
Naïve Harmlessness vs. Latent Fury
The illusion of harmlessness often hides in underestimation—both of ourselves and others. We mistake smallness for weakness, quietness for safety. Yet even the gentlest creature defends what is precious. A child’s fist may seem feeble, until the last sweet is torn from it. And what awakens in that moment is not weakness, but instinct sharpened to a point.
The Lesson in Strength
Harmlessness is rarely the truth. It is often dormancy. What is stolen awakens the beast. Candy is trivial; dignity is not. The same spark that flares in the playground blooms into the survival instinct that defends boundaries, families, nations. Those who believe you harmless have not yet tested the wrong trigger.
Practical Guidance
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Know Your Spark: What “candy” awakens your strength? Know it, guard it, honour it.
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Respect Others: Assume that everyone has their snapping point—because they do.
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Cultivate Control: Fury is sacred fuel; do not waste it on scraps. Reserve it for what matters.
Today’s Practice
Walk gently, but remember—your hands are not empty. You carry teeth, fire, and will, whether others see them or not.
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