Sayings and then some...

"I already have a sword, not one made of metal. The sword is inside me. It is not a very good weapon right now. It needs to be hammered into shape." - Raistlin at age 6. "Soulforge"


This is one of my favorite phrases in the Drangonlance Book "Soulforge: the Raistlin Chronicles". As I remember correctly, this is the time when Caramon was convincing Raistlin to practice sword fighting with him for his own protection but Raistlin said no.

Raistlin was right though. All of us has a sword that needs to be hammered into shape before it could be a very good sword. It needs to be carefully crafted. If we hurry in shaping our swords, it could never be a good weapon. It would break easily when battle arises and we would be left with nothing to defend ourselves.

To shape our swords needs time and patience. We should rush it because it will not be of any use if we did. It needs to be molded carefully so that it would be the kind of shape that we want our swords to be. It needs to be handled with care so that we won't hurt anybody with it. We mustn't be careless with it because it's a powerful weapon.

We have different kinds of swords that needs shaping and wielding. It is up to us to see to it that we mold it and handle to either help other people or use for our own gain.