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Is discretion really the better part of valor?

- I forget your name, sorry?

The answer is both yes and no. I think that it depends on your personal reading of the phrase. The popular definition of the idiom is this:

“It is better to be careful and think before you act than it is to be brave and take risks.”

For whom is it better? You? The world? I think that this advice is for the weak. Yes, bravery can put you in danger, but cowardice puts everyone in danger. If you balk at making quick decisions you may find yourself with very confined possibilities. So, no, discretion is not really the better part of valor, unless… you read the statement like this:

“Sometimes it takes more courage to wait than to act.”

This is how I would use the phrase, even though no one else uses this way. When you think, or know, that something is wrong you should act. But maybe not immediately. Stopping an immediate issue may not have any grand effect. To truly affect change you may have to travel up river from your problem to someone who can make a more lasting difference. So, yes, some times it is more valorus to postpone action.

How do you toot your own horn?

This wasn’t asked, more just demonstrated at about 4 am on November 1st. According to a gathering of women in the wee-morning hours after Halloween the way to toot your own horn is the plow.

The Plow Position

One of the ladies demonstrated The Plow, aka Hala-asana, and immediately her husband tried saying “You are about to be obsolete… no… wait… nevermind it’s not big enough.” Needless to say I laughed. For those of you who want a more graphic interpretation of the Plow watch this:

Yoga - Plow Posture ( Hala Asana )
<disclaimer I swear to you that is not me in the video. I can’t grow that much hair and I have tattoos>

Edit: I wrote a Haiku

I can dream to do
The Plow, Hala-asana,
to toot my own horn