How to be loved

and other

fantastical

skills

for retiring

ninjas.

Step 1.

Be in your

body.

Grounded.

You already

know about

foot 

placement,

and transferring

your energy

into the earth

through

the soles

of your

feet.

Do it.

Step 2.

Hone your

senses.

Your peripheral

vision

has been perfected

over multiple

decades,

as has your

muscle memory.

Lean into

it.

Step 3.

Zoom out

and take 

a moment to

appreciate

the surroundings

in which

the story

unfolds.

Conclusion.

You 

have

all the weapons

you need,

now fight,

while 

looking

across

the room, into his eyes,

and realise

that you will

never

have to do this

by yourself

again.

~Lu