There's something almost comical, which is also a little humbling about this quote.

You know, like life has a way of setting us up like we're the star of some cosmic prank show.

Yes.

We're spending so much energy trying to dodge discomfort, trying to outsmart fate, trying to reroute the pain.

And somehow we end up walking straight into it anyway.

It's like when we're trying to run away from the consequences of our actions and the consequences don't chase us, they just wait there patiently.

On the very road, we chose to avoid, right?

And, you know, there's like a story about Napoleon.

You ever heard this?

It was like at the height of his power, you know, when he was dominating Europe, he became, like, obsessed with Russia.

You know, he thought, Russia is the only real threat to my power. Russia, one of those, Russia, Russia, Russia, like laying in bed at night, Russia. You know, he's thought, Russia is the only real threat to my power.

Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, like laying in bed at night, Russia.

So he decides, I won't wait for fate to happen and just avoid the faith, you know,

just to avoid the faith that he feared, he invades Russia preemptively, before he's like even ready to do it.

And that very act, that invasion, becomes the beginning of his demise, right?

Because Russia just retreats.

They burn down their own cities.

And they're like, now we're going to let Winter do the work.

And Napoleon's army collapses.

So he wasn't conquered, right?

Despite the decision,

he was conquered because of his decision.

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