If there is one thing I take pride in, it is that every year I come further and further to live by the principles in the Hagakure that seemed so wise to me when I was younger. Whether I should take pride or shame in the fact that this progressive development is unintentional is still unclear to me.
There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. By doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses one still gets wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will get the same soaking. This understanding extends to all things.1
- Hagakure↩