Chains of Simmersilk

Iron and steel aren’t the only things you can forge chains with.

Through past experiences, from early on, I became acquainted with metal links.I didn’t have the worst childhood in the world, but it was no fairy tale either.School wasn’t a picnic most of the time, family life grew worse as time went on.Violence, heartbreak, tears, split loyalties… all of these and more were recurring themes.

Things were hard in obvious ways. Each day was hard…Fast forward a few years down the road, and here I am living a fairly comfortable life.In the world I live in now, many chains are made of shimmersilk.I sometimes worry about ‘getting soft’, as they say.

It’s not because of these soft, comfortable chains in and of themselves though.It’s because of how easy it is to be seduced by the comfort they are defined by.Some are worth keeping, while others are better off ripped to pieces.

I’ll tell you how they’re made. In a word: Victory.The individual gets strong, puts himself into what he does.Devotes himself to the pursuit of what he desires, and achieves.He climbs, learns, progresses, and creates.

What the individual creates and accomplishes…Seduces him into complacency.It all becomes a world of bondage and encumberment.

How to break these sweet restraints or use them to go further?Remember your inner flame.If you don’t seem able to… it’ll remind you it’s still there.Desire will only wait so long for attention before it makes itself known.

The circular part of this is that even in breaking these chains, more are forged.The new ones are almost always a greater challenge than their predecessors.To break them demands you grow stronger in new and different ways.Keeping any of them forces your two grow strong enough to bear their weight.

Choosing to keep some of them deliberately, consciously…Casting aside the ones that you no longer desire…Is necessary, and should be decided from the heart.