Be wary when someone starts to reel you in with puzzling talk and shards of description. There seems to be a surfeit of fear in the air these days. It beckons to extinguish. It is a siren call towards the jagged recesses within you.
When you're placed in such a situation, realize, that sometimes the best course of action is to tie yourself down physically. Even Odysseus frowned thereafter.
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Do not expect others to have what is necessary to remain steadfast. Be there for them and stand by them if you can. After all is said and done you can look up with clear eyes.
When you cross streets with them, make sure that they are on your protected side so you face the oncoming traffic.
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Learn what it means to be stoic, to be virtuous by maintaining your will.
Learn what it means to be spartan, to be simple in the face of excess.
Know that some people thrive with the canting of tragedy, the recounting of human suffering that paradoxically provides pleasure to the audience.
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Accept hamartia and learn to from it, anagnorisis may just be around the corner.
Ceyx may not have had a choice.
