Locksley

As many other Knights, I am open to conversations regarding Apprenticeship. Please reach out if you're interested in chatting (and are willing to take your time on this road). I can't promise swiftness -- my life is busy -- nor can I promise that a conversation will lead to Apprenticeship. I can, however, say that I look forward to a chance to begin a dialogue.

What seeks to shrink
must first have grown;
what seeks weakness
surely was strong.
What seeks its ruin
must first have risen;
what seeks to take
has surely given.

This is called the small dark light:
the soft, the weak prevail
over the hard, the strong.

Chapter 36 of the Tao Te Ching (Le Guin Version)

We must learn the hardest lesson: to fight what needs to be fought without hating those against whom we fight.

Violence in any form, for any reason, must not be glorified. There can be reasons to fight, from various perspectives these will be legitimate. Sometimes, fighting is necessary to protect those who are helpless. But fighting, harm, pain, and death should always be considered failures.