Usually when you are delighted about something, you develop a thick skin, and you feel smug. You say to yourself, “I’m so delighted to be here.” That is just self-affirmation. But in this case, delight has a touch of pain to it, because you feel sore or raw in relation to your world. In fact, tenderness and sadness, as well as gentleness, actually produce a sense of interest. You are so vulnerable that you cannot help being touched by your world. That is a sort of saving grace, or safety precaution, so that the warrior never goes astray and never grows a thick skin. Whenever there is interest,
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