"WARRIOR-Spirit"

… --one of MY shirts from my Karate-dojo

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"WHAT we do in life echoes in eternity."
(--'Gladiator')

(… "The ROYAL 'we'--the EDITORIAL."
--'The Big Lebowski')


Now, I'm NOT TECHNICALLY a "GLADIATOR".
However, I feel that as I continue my LONG, PERILOUS, ARDUOUS journey toward a COMPLETE "recovery", I'm feeling MORE and MORE like a METAPHORICAL "GLADIATOR"/"WARRIOR".


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