“…so without effort did Odysseus string the mighty bow.”* That’s a line from one of the world’s great stories, The Odyssey. Returning to find his home invaded by suitors for Penelope’s hand, the disguised Odysseus steps into the contest to see who can string the bow of the presumed dead king. It’s his bow, of course, and only he can string it as the suitors find out to their ill fate. But you know the story.
Not that others want your spouse and kingdom, but some do want what you have and want to be what you are. They don’t understand that only you can string your bow. That’s your strength. But be aware that should you want to string the bow of another, you would face the same difficulty in stringing another’s bow that anyone would have in stringing your bow.
*The Odyssey, Bk. XXI. Trans. by George Herbert Palmer. New York. Barnes and Noble Classics. 2003 in a republication of the 1921 translation.
Not that others want your spouse and kingdom, but some do want what you have and want to be what you are. They don’t understand that only you can string your bow. That’s your strength. But be aware that should you want to string the bow of another, you would face the same difficulty in stringing another’s bow that anyone would have in stringing your bow.
*The Odyssey, Bk. XXI. Trans. by George Herbert Palmer. New York. Barnes and Noble Classics. 2003 in a republication of the 1921 translation.
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