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The man on the left has stored up dust that blows away for his treasures. You can only “work for it” for so long until your body gives out. He’s externalized his being, depriving himself of the tools to function in any circumstance. The moment his arm breaks and he must bed rest for months, the moment he gets in an accident and can no longer move the same is his end. His body breaks and so does he because his identity is in his body, his goals, whatever he can “do” to cope with having failed to internalize his being. The man on the right is free from this snare; his limbs may break and his spine may snap yet he is resourceful regardless, undeterred by the pressures his flesh may undergo. Physical toughness is absolutely worthless without mental toughness, the latter only coming through experience.
