Once, wanting to sleep.
“Never do what you can’t undo until you’ve considered well what you can’t do once you’ve done it.”
Usually this passage needs to be thought through multiple times to fully comprehend the meaning. I’ve never been able to fully memorize the exact phrase, due to being a mental knot. But, I know precisely the advice.
I don’t know why I’m thinking about the passage today… the last few days. Maybe because the phrase has meant something special many times throughout my life—well since I first read this fantasy triple-trilogy, by Robin Hobb. I listened to the full triple-trilogy at beginning of February 2019. For some reason, getting through the hours upon hours of book, was extremely important. The reading, via audiobook, was about visiting all my favorite characters. The plot includes multiple recalls to the passage. Over and over I thought about the meaning.
I’ve talked through that day with Tim. Nothing to be gained to revisit the conversation. I did get some peace from feedback about the fate of Zaidan and Cruise, the brown and white Abyssinian guinea pigs.
Obviously the phrase is about decision and permanence. What is not directly included is regret.
From Pi, “The core lesson? True strength isn’t in power or skill—it’s in enduring with empathy, even when broken. Fitz survives not because he’s the best assassin, but because he feels deeply, loves fiercely, and keeps choosing connection in a world that rewards cruelty. It’s a quiet kind of heroism.”
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