anime experience 4.09

"Did you know that a sword's more powerful if you swing it with both hands instead of just one?" by Zaraki Kenpachi

This is true physically but how could you relate it in our trials in life wherein we are tested emotional, spiritually and mentally. For me, it is true. The hand of determination and the hand of interested should hold together the sword of dream. That is my philosophy of life this year as well a my new year's resolution. In short, I must be determined and interested with the things I entered in to.

What kind of power would it be if you would just hold your sword of dream with only the hand of determination? The power of your sword of dream is not that powerful. You are just wasting your resources and time. Remember, if you are not interested on something and yet you keep on doing it, you are just wasting your resources. That is because you don't have any direction on where you are going or a destination. Take for instance, you are a driver, and you don't know where you are going but you are determined to go somewhere so you ended up roaming around the city. You go to one place to the other. You go to this place and if you don't want it, you tranfer to another place. You keep on moving until eventually you run out of gasoline. So, in this part, you are just wasting up gasoline of your car for going somewhere you really don't know where you are going to.

The power of your sword of dream is not also powerful if only the hand of interested will hold it. You may be interested on something but you are not determined on it. It is like you want to be a valedictorian in your class but you are not determined to do it. You just want it, that's all. You would not do your best in your studies. In the end, you ended up just an ordinary student with a passing grade. You are not a valedictorian anymore. Your dream was not reached.

But, if you hold the sword of dream both with your hand of determination and interested, then that would be very powerful. You would really attained your dream. Using the previous example, if you really want to be a valedictorian then you must be determined to do so as well as interested with it. To answer the question, why would I be interested on this thing, you should know what would you gain in doing it. For instance, being a valedictorian would give opportunity for you to apply for scholarships in the college. Stuffs like those should be considered in order to motivate you and become interested. To answer the question, why would I be determined on this thing, you should know what would people think about me. For instance, being a valedictorian would mean that you are really smart and hardworking. You are an excellent kind of student. And if you want others to think like that to you, then go ahead and pursue that dream.

In life, in order to be successful, determination and interest should go hand in hand. Absence of one would make you successful still but you could achieve it for a long time that other might say you are unsuccessful already. Time should be considered in success too.