Slow Havamal: 32

In the 32nd verse, We learn that though men are often kind to each other, they will fight at a feast. Conflict will often arise, and a guest will fight a guest.

This is a timely verse for me. The reason I missed last week’s update is that I was traveling for a fight. I had good experiences with my teammates and my wife, hanging out, watching them fight. I even found the other competitors to be friendly and sporting in most cases. Ultimately, I got to experience the wrong end of a TKO. I wondered when I first read this verse what I would learn from it. It’s been my experience with this poem that it often seems pretty basic until I actually sit down and put fingers to keys. It’s also been my experience that it always opens up for me when I’m ready, and that occasionally means calling up the very same issues in my life for me to address.
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