STONE OF TEARS by Terry Goodkind
WIZARD’S SECOND RULE
The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not enough. (Prophet: Nathan Rahl @ The Palace of the Prophets)
Ang hirap din, kasi minsan ang nais talaga natin ay ang makatulong, ang maibigay ang ikaliligaya ng isang taong mahalaga sa atin tapos hahantong lang ito sa kamalian. Naalala ko ang isang kaibigan ko na malayo sa kaniyang nobyo. Umalis din ng bansa para makipagsapalaran. Nakipanuluyan siya sa isang kamag-anak na may anak na nagbibinata. Nais niyang mapalapit sa pinsan niyang ito kaya handa siyang ibigay lahat. Nais lamang niya maituring na isang kapatid. Humantong sa isang insidenteng nais niyang pagsisihan subalit huli na. Pero ang tunay niyang hangarin, di din naman nabigyan ng katuparan, gaano man kabuti ang intensiyon niya, mali pa din ang katapusan.
Madalas, madami tayong ginagawa na wala tayong hinahangad kundi ang ikabubuti ng taong mahalaga sa atin, subalit lagi ay dapat nating isaalang alang ang katotohanan.. ang Wizard’s First Rule. Maaring magkamali pa din tau gaano man ang ating pag-unawa, pero dito naman nahuhurno ang ating pagkatao, sa aral na natututunan natin sa mga pagkakamaling ating nagagawa.
The screelings are loose and the Keeper may win.His assasins have come to rip off your skin.Golden eyes will see you if you try to run.The screelings will get you and laugh like it’s fun. Walk away slow or they’ll tear you apart,And laugh out all day long as they rip out your heart.Golden eyes will see you if you try to stand still.The screelings will get you, for the Keeper they kill. Hack ‘em up, chop ‘em up, cut ‘em up to bits,Or else they will get you while laughing in fits.If the screelings don’t get you the Keeper will try.To reach out and touch you, your skin he will fry. Your mind he will flail, your soul he will take.You’ll sleep with the dead, for life you’ll forsake.You’ll die with the Keeper till the end of time.He hates that you live, your life is a crime. The screelings might get you, it says so in text.If screeling don’t get you the Keeper is next,Lest he who’s born true can fight for life’s bond.And that one is marked; he’s the pebble in the pond. (Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor@ The Village of the Mud People)
Di ko alam bakit ko kinuha ang bahaging ito ng kwento, marahil minsan gusto kong maging isang “pebble in the pond” din, ang gumawa ng pagbabago…
