It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.
-- Miyamoto Musashi
About the Quote
None of us are born with knowledge we can use, only survival instincts. Learning anything takes time and effort. In some cases it's not much time or much effort. Usually lots of time and lots of effort are needed.
Being able to vocalize (never mind to speak) was difficult at first. Locomotion was difficult at first, and it had to start with crawling. Reading is difficult at first because we aren't literate. Weight loss is difficult at first because the weight gain is due to any number of causes. Even eating is difficult at first because we're missing teeth.
If we're able to learn quickly, then soon enough we can do whatever we need to do. If we have difficulty doing something, it will take us a while longer to learn how to do it. If we continue through the learning difficulty, we will reach the point when we know what we're doing.
Some Information about Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Masana (artistic name Niten) is said to be born either in Mimasaka or Harima in Japan in 1584. He died in Higo, Japan on 1645-June-13.
Better known to the world as Miyamoto Musashi, he is best known for his written work on military strategy-- written while he was on his deathbed-- {Gorin no sho} (The Book of Five Rings). He was also a samurai, a rōnin (masterless samurai), a swordsman, and an artist in the discipline of monochrome ink painting (suiboku-ga, or sumi-e).
In 1597, when Musashi was 13, he killed a man in one-on-one combat. Three years later in 1600, when Musashi was 16, he was on the losing side of the Battle of Sekigahara; this is how he went from being samurai to rōnin. Musashi refers to this battle in The Book of Five Rings. It's also the battle which was the starting point for the Tokugawa shogunate.
It was when he was a rōnin that Musashi devoted his time to develop the perfect sword style. In many images featuring Musashi he is shown wielding two swords; he called his sword style nitō ichi-ryū for that reason.
Miyamoto Musashi claimed to have been undefeated in over 60 individual sword fights. It must have been true because had he lost any of those fights he would have been killed.
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