paradoxes

thoughts inspired from ..what do you know.. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Death is a major theme in this book.
"you are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death. he accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far, worse things in the living world than dying." -harry potter 7
funny how this paradox works out... only those prepared to die ever truly live. in the end the motive is ever as important as the goal. one might gain the world but lose his soul. one who seeks after power and fame is never worthy to receive it. one who fears death and tries to escape it never finds life. leadership is often thrust upon those who are least expecting it. and because they lead not for their own glory, fame, ambition, but of necessity, they tend to make the wisest decisions.

only those who are willing to loose everything, will find meaning in life.

The Bible also grasps this idea. "For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?" -Luke 8:35-36

borrowing also from The Catcher in the Rye is the idea that once you know what you'd die for, only then will you truly live.

life is a paradox.