Expect No Mercy: No Quarter By Led Zeppelin

When you march off into battle, never forget these words: "No quarter will be asked and none will be given." Simply put, If you're prepared to unleash terror, be ready to absorb terror in return. If ever your opponent gets the upper hand and you find yourself getting whipped, the one thing you should never do is to give him the satisfaction. In short, don't beg for mercy. When it comes to not expecting mercy or giving mercy in a fight, Led Zeppelin's song "No Quarter" seems appropriate for this post.

When you enter into the arena, it's easy to get pumped up, since the pain hasn't been felt yet. However, expecting pain and receiving it can be two different things as you find yourself either getting overwhelmed or just shutting down from the barrage of your enemies attacks. Still, your pride and dignity's at stake. If you have the will, you keep on fighting even if the cause is now lost. If you ask, let alone beg for quarter now, not only did you lose the fight but your honor as well.

I guess that's why they say that true fighters lay it all on the line. The one that separates a true fighter from a wanna-be is that he's prepared to take it as well. The only way he'll yield is if he's either knocked out cold or his opponent will stop cause there's nothing left to beat since he's so pummeled as it is. I guess it's because I too subscribe to going in blaze of glory when all is lost. It's better than begging for quarter.

Giving Your All: All Of My Love By Led Zeppelin

Yesterday somebody said something that once again brought me to new lows. It happens every time I am finally able to engage in conversation and it brings me down because once again I am reminded of the precarious situation that I find myself in. The fact that things are getting tighter hounds me day and night so much that I'm eternally tensed. I am trying as hard as I can to make things better and it's not getting easy with all the pressure mounting. Led Zeppelin's song "All Of My Love" best describes my frustration of doing all that I can but still coming up short.

For the last three years, I've been struggling to find ways to make ends meet and now that my father has died, that struggle has just gotten harder. I give whatever I could when it was needed and a lot of times I wind up short and when it's not enough, it really hurts me because it reminds of all the bad decisions and the wasted time of the could'ves and maybes. If I try to complain, it wouldn't do any good since my past actions or inactions got me to this situation. I don't even care for myself anymore and it's been a long time since I've done something for my personal enjoyment. Then someone drops a line that hits a nerve and when that happens, it's the same as a slap in the face.

I can't even relax anymore and it irks me that the few good conversations, let alone moments that make me feel good get ruined by those lines. I don't show my reaction but deep inside it really hurts and I wonder how the people who drop these would feel if they were on the receiving end of this kind of treatment. If anything, it's a grim reminder of how hard things are but in my case, they really make me remember that fact in one way or another. Well as always, take the pain and fight is the only thing that I can do. I swear, WHEN things really get settled (and I know they will), I'm going to hit the bottle cause for once I want to enjoy what I reaped cause I gave it my all.