SHACK 283 MAN THING

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I was watching a film on TV and it was about an elite army force and I felt a man power of ‘yes’ go get the terrorists, I felt this surge to punish them and this right to kill, given to me by the state.  I felt proud if I were to belong to this regiment and ‘kick ass’ when needed.

I felt this camaraderie if I were in this regiment and of course I would be the Captain or at least the best one.  However this is team effort and I would have obeyed orders, this did not go down to well and of course I came to the rescue of the team and got promoted.

I felt I could even get severely wounded or killed that would not matter for the glory of the hero was worth it. Then of course I rescued the beautiful princes and I was invited to the palace and personally rewarded, the president shook my hand and I got the highest bravery award.

I was invincible, a super hero I then retired from regiment and reflected on the hurt and killing and ran away to hide in a cabin by the sea, mountain and forest, I deeply missed the buzz and the lads, the pub and that excitement. I shut the world out and wanted to find peace it was not in the cabin or in nature, I knew it was somewhere and being a soldier I looked outside for it and died before finding it.

I awoke from my reverie and although it was a fantasy it brought home the lesson; the buzz of manliness is not the answer to the soldier’s quest in the cabin, although it felt powerful and lasted whilst one had youth and vigour, knowing I could knock the crap out of most men, run faster and so on, no the answer was inside the mind, for all outside things rot, decay, rust and perish so the answer dear soldier lay not in your strength but to reverse the mind to look, seek, research, contemplate and realise your body fades with the passage of time, your mind may get lost in past glories and accomplishments, but instead of getting into despair learn from nature around your cabin; seasons come and go and yet there is renewal, trees loose their leaves birds fly away and return so what is there that is behind all this; then there is the moon and its phases the tides and so on so what is there behind this?

You have the time and quietness to fathom the depths of this and if you persevere without depression and lethargy and a special moment may dawn and an awakening may burst forth and then you will know and just what it is you will know will never be put into words or be defined and this will be all you need.

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