Mind, I do not mean for others or for virtues, but simply for those vain ideas everyone must needs hold.
When a task is performed in the dirt, for example, one begins by avoiding soiling oneself or one's clothes.
Once one can cast off the fear of stain, one can set his or her back to the task completely, without a care for the negative effects that in truth do not matter.
The fear of soiled clothing or filthy fingernails, all of which can be thoroughly cleaned, is a very small degree of the fear of changing oneself.
Thus, when we set ourselves upon a task, we will do everything in our power to avoid change of ourselves, from the smallest grass stain, to a complete reprogramming of our values.
Once we can shed our craven skin and pursue our goal without fear, we will change, we will get dirty, and we will see that in the end it was all worth it.
This point, where I cease to care, is approaching. I have become a tightrope walker on this blade, and just as a growth spurt aches in your legs, my heart and head are often heavy with change.
It is with great gratitude that I accept this opportunity to continue growing, painful as it is.
Its time to get dirty.
