Two topics today: Dragon Slayers and Just for Today!

Yes, true warriors are dragon slayers, but not every day. There may be one (or more) dragons available to be slain each day, but slaying dragons is thirsty and dangerous work. There are rituals to be observed, celebrations to be made, and songs to be sung! No. The true warrior does not, and will not, slay dragons every day. Even the true master warrior takes the required time to prepare for the conquest and the celebration.

Just for today, the true warrior can undertake almost any task, no matter how mundane, no matter how painful, no matter how deprived and/or taxed the warrior may be. The true warrior understands that this price, this effort, and this pain is only paid today—at this moment. Just now. This will pass. The experience of the moment is not a life sentence. True warriors know how important it is to think this way at all times. They know that we always really do live only in the moment, and that visions of the future are but an illusion of possibility … not reality in the here and now.

True warriors do not spend time thinking about the day of battle with a dragon. No. They think about personal development, self-improvement, and skills acquisition, so that when a battle with a dragon presents itself, they will be ready for final preparations, and the actual battle! Ready. Today you are ready, because what you did yesterday mattered.

You are warriors. You are ready with a song in your heart, and steel in you scabbard. You are ready to slay the dragon—just for today! So it is written.