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The New Warrior

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I   have   been   looking   at   the   concept   of   the   warrior   for   the   last   few   days,   and   an   insight   hit   me.   All these   years   I   had   been   preparing   my   body   for   war   on   a   physical   battlefield.   Practicing  martial   arts,   running,   and   training   myself   and   others   for   the   battles  that  life would bring.   I   have   attempted   to   push   myself   to   my   physical   limits   through   fasting,   exposure   to   the   elements,   through   personal   trials   and   tribulations.   I   realized   that   all   these   things   are   important,   but   this   was   just  a  part   of   my   warrior   training.   For   years,   I   have   been   reciting   the   definition   of   a   warrior   to   myself   like   a   mantra,   "   a   warrior   is   one   who   is   experienced   and/or   involved   with   conflict,"   not   realizing   directly   that   I   was   just   defining   half   of   the   battle   t