In terms of welcoming the unwelcome, I believe that the keyword is “accepting.”
Accepting means acknowledging the reality of a situation without denial or resistance, which can help us find peace amid chaos and pain. By embracing acceptance, we can begin to navigate complex emotions and situations with more resilience and clarity. Sometimes I wonder whether I have permission to write similar posts. After all, I am only forty years old (not one hundred years old like ancient, wise sages), and I haven’t done anything spectacular in my life (e.g., I did not go to the war and returned as a national hero). I am not as experienced as the mentioned ancient and wise sages. Still, I believe I have something meaningful to say.
After all, while being nine years old, I outlived the death of my thirteen-year-old brother, Marcinek (for more information, search for the “Farewell” post).
Since that moment, totally unconsciously (after all, I was really young), I felt that life should be something more than learning, coming to the job, earning money, buying things, etc. I did not know, and I still do not know what life’s ultimate purpose is. Perhaps its sense is to simply live. What about welcoming the unwelcome? How could a nine-year-old kid prepare for his beloved brother’s death? The older I am, the more I realize it’s practically impossible to prepare for the death of beloved ones, whether one is ten or ninety years old. Also, I believe it’s challenging, from the individual’s point of view, to prepare for the unwelcome war.
I sometimes wonder if I am prepared for it.
The truth is that I can imagine that if the Russian troll troops step into the Polish land, my homeland will be ready for the war. I am not a soldier, but if Poland needs me, I will go to the army to save and fight for my country. It is not the Poles who should be afraid of the Russian trolls, but the Rashists should be afraid of the brave and formidable Polish people. I simply know it and feel it. That’s how I want to welcome the unwelcome in my beloved homeland. That’s how I will accept the possibility of killing the Russian troll if one steps into my country.
