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Stormlight Archive/Oathbringer.
Journey Before Destination.
Huge Spoiler for Book 3
The most important words a man can say are, “I will do better.” These are not the most important words any man can say. I am a man, and they are what I needed to say.
The ancient code of the Knights Radiant says “journey before destination.” Some may call it a simple platitude, but it is far more. A journey will have pain and failure. It is not only the steps forward that we must accept. It is the stumbles. the trials. The knowledge that we will fail. That we hurt those around us.
But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fall, the journey ends.
That failure becomes our destination.
To love the journey is to accept no such end. I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one.
I’ve had more than too many life threatening events. Along with family, therapy, proactive steps to improve my life, I took to heart “life before death”. When I would be in a bad mental/emotional place, that was a strong mantra to help me get back on track. Thank you, Brandon Sanderson.
The entire Knight’s Radiant First Ideal is great. This book and aspect in particular really spoke to me :)