{"id":3232,"date":"2010-12-06T07:57:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T14:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2010-12-06T07:57:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T14:57:41","slug":"pride-fear-and-trust-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/06\/pride-fear-and-trust-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride, fear, and trust: weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are the thoughts of a young woman whose life has already been difficult — mostly in the sense of bearing heavy responsibility and being different<\/i> from others. Now she’s about to face incomprehensible evil, and may not survive:<\/p>\n

\nAnd what are my<\/i> weapons? she thought. And the answer came to her instantly: pride. Oh, you hear them say it’s a sin; you hear them say it goes before a fall. And that can’t be true. The blacksmith prides himself on a good weld; the carter is proud that his horses are well turned out, gleaming like fresh chestnuts in the sunshine; the shepherd prides himself on keeping the wolf from the flock; the cook prides herself on her cakes. We pride ourselves on making a good history of our lives, a good story to be told.<\/p>\n

I also have fear — the fear that I will let others down — and because I fear, I will overcome that fear. I will not disgrace those who have trained me.<\/p>\n

And I have trust, even though I am not sure what it is I am trusting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From I Shall Wear Midnight<\/i><\/a>, the fourth book of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching series<\/a> of young-adult Discworld books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These are the thoughts of a young woman whose life has already been difficult — mostly in the sense of bearing heavy responsibility and being different from others. Now she’s about to face incomprehensible evil, and may not survive: And what are my weapons? she thought. And the answer came to her instantly: pride. Oh, you hear them say it’s a sin; you hear them say it goes before a fall. And that can’t be true. The blacksmith prides himself on a good weld; the carter is proud that his horses are well turned out, gleaming like fresh chestnuts in…<\/p>\n

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