On Foolishness

“Any fool can command.

Any fool can destroy.

Any fool can walk away.

The difficult act is remaining.

The difficult act is allowing another being to know who you truly are.

Love requires a surrender that conquest never does.

That is why so many civilizations master technology and never master themselves.

They can bend gravity.

Manipulate time.

Cross the stars.

Yet remain terrified of vulnerability.

A species is not measured by the weapons it builds or the worlds it conquers.

It is measured by its capacity to love without possession and to remain without control.

Power is easy.

Love is difficult.”

— Zeta