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Think about it once. Almost 15 years

ago, a small bird who cannot even fly

decided that he would either do the

impossible or die trying to do the

impossible. If you do not know this

story, let me tell you. In Vera

Herszog's documentary, there is a scene

where a penguin is walking with his

group toward the ocean to find food. But

suddenly, he stops, turns around, and

starts walking in the opposite direction

toward the mountains. The path he chose

has no food for 70 km and no shelter. It

is absolutely certain that this penguin

will die on that road. But still, he

walks. And the narrator himself says

that even if you pick up this penguin

and place him back with his group, he

will turn around again and walk toward

the mountains. Now, this video kept

appearing in my feed for days and I

[music] kept skipping it. But recently,

it came back and this time I stopped.

[music] I watched the entire documentary

and then I realized why this penguin was

destined to go viral. Because hidden

inside this 2-minute scene are four

lessons that ancient Japanese masters

spent their entire lives teaching. Four

truths that the samurai wrote about

centuries ago. And [music] I do not know

if you've seen this video, but I'm

certain you have not noticed these four

things. So, let me share them with you

because wisdom like this is rarely

found. The first lesson is about waking

up. When that penguin stopped and

turned, I stopped seeing a bird and

started seeing a human being. A person

who had done everything society asked

him to do, who got married, had

children, earned money, and followed all

the rules, yet still felt empty inside.

The Japanese call this emptiness

munisha. The hollowess that comes from

living someone else's life. That penguin

reached a moment the samurai called

Sattorii. A sudden awakening where

something inside him said he had played

the survival game long enough and now

wanted to truly live. The second lesson

is about focus. In the video, a human

stands directly in the penguin's path.

The penguin does not stop, does not

argue, and does not even look at the

person. He simply walks around and

continues toward the mountain without

ever looking back. The Japanese call

this fudosin, the immovable mind, a

state where your decision is so absolute

that nothing can shake you. The narrator

says that even if you drag this penguin

back to his group, he will turn around

and walk toward the mountain again. This

is the level of clarity the samurai

trained [music] their entire lives to

achieve. The third lesson is about

silence. Notice what the penguin does

not do. He does not stop to explain

himself, does not argue with the humans

watching, and does not try to convince

his group to understand his choice. He

simply walks. The Japanese call this

moatu, which means to kill with silence.

Here is the truth most people miss. If

you are still explaining yourself,

you're still seeking permission. And

that means the decision is not yet

complete inside you. That penguin gives

no one the chance to change his mind and

his silence speaks louder than any words

ever could. The fourth lesson is [music]

about death. The samurai practiced shino

kakugo every day. The readiness to die

because they understood that death is

the only truth that cannot be

negotiated.

Society shows you the middle of life

where you get married, buy a house and

earn money. But they hide the end

because if you see it clearly, you might

start questioning everything in between.

That penguin understood that walking to

the ocean would not make him immortal.

So he chose to die walking towards

something that felt true. That penguin

never reached the mountain, but his

spirit reached something far greater. 15

years later, millions still talk about a

small bird who could not even fly but

became a teacher to the most intelligent

species on earth. The question is not

whether you will die because you will.

The question is whether you will die

having walked your own path or having

followed someone else's. The crowd will

survive but only those who leave it will

truly live. Thank you for watching.