Ad Astra Per Aspera

(To the stars through difficulty)

The ironies of life

To go up, one must go down
To go forward, one must look back
To go down, one must go up
To go back, one must look forward

In a poem of ironies

Ad astra per aspera
Nulla die sine crucem
Gutta cavat lapidem

Vir. Forte. Humus.

An Encore

There is no paradigm shift without humility.
Humility is the foundation of all virtues.
Without it, there's no virtue to speak of.
They are mere role play -- acting.
Like an actor or any actress,
Waiting for the crowd
To applause.

Encore.