Status Updates From Rules for a Knight

Death. How a knight lives is what is important, not on which particular afternoon he was born or on which specific morning he might die.

Death.

Faith. Sometimes to understand more, you need to know less.

How we handle times of peace and calm, will determine our behavior and moments of crisis

Ordinary effort, ordinary result. Take steps each day to better follow these rules.

Be cautious when anyone, even family, has too extreme an expectation from your behavior. Under the guise of love or loyalty, people can use guilt or fear to manipulate.

A healthy conscience should be used like an internal compass: it is yours, non-instrument for others to play.

Discipline. Discipline, preparation, and experience are the only tools you need.

Happiness is not an objective. It is the movement of life itself.
It arises from curiosity and discovery.

Discipline. In the field of battle, you will perform as you practice; so practice hard.

This Grace rule is amazing.

This may seem like contradictory counsel: to both accept the inevitability of change and attempt to remain constant. But to live well sometimes you will need to hold two seemingly opposing truths, one in each hand, and carry them both comfortably.

…inside ourselves, we must accept the inevitability of change while deepening and strengthening our foundation.

“Habit, routine and too much consistency numb our minds and pace the road for us to sleepwalk through our lives. Nothing stays the same. Everything passes and changes.

However do not move too much. As an apple tree cannot bear fruit if it too often transplanted… “

Fear is the call, courage is the answer.

Honesty.
“You don’t need to stay up all night convincing people the sun will come up.”

The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fire.

Sometimes we have to be stirred and ripped apart so that the seeds of compassion, wisdom and understanding can be firmly planted in us.

Forgiveness. I set that boy down hours ago, but I see you are still carrying him.