True kung fu
was never about
becoming a more powerful person.
It is about one day finally realizing
how exhausted one has become
from years of tension,
conflict,
proving,
and holding oneself together.
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In the end,
what one was truly searching for
was never among the crowds of victory and defeat.
“I searched for her thousands of times in the crowd.
Suddenly turning back,
there she was —
in the dimly lit place.”
