For those people who has played Starcraft and Warcraft (or real-time strategy games like those...), you’d appreciate this analogy. In Starcraft, my main strategy usually involves rushing to keep the opponent busy, then just mass. If my army gets wiped out, I get another one. After all, what is one zergling among 400? Yet when I picked up Warcraft, the game balance is totally different. No. Your army must be much smaller...you must conserve your forces. Numbers don’t mean as much anymore...
Lets see...alright. Anime people. Here’s one of you. Everyone should be familiar with Naruto (though Bleach would work too. Lets do Naruto.) Who would your favorite character be? Neji is a particularly interesting character. You KNOW he would have owned Naruto. Or how about Itachi’s eye? Or Gaara’s sands? Yet, I think I’m most touched by Hinata. A quiet character. Someone who’s focused on peace and harmony. The healer in the group. Can you imagine if Bleach only had people from the fighters of the Eleventh division? What role would healers of the Fourth division do? Who would clean up the chaos? Who would be the voices of reason?
And so we can relate life to this. Sure, a plain soldier (or Footman. Or Marine) can’t deal super high amounts of damage. And okay, maybe a medic (or Elven priests. Or Hinata.) isn’t very useful in a fight. And yeah, people like Byakuya can Bankai everything to kingdom come, but in the end...didn’t he get defeated too?
I suppose what I’m trying to say in a round-about way is unity. And how each part of a team has their own important role. Flipping through the bible, Proverbs 27.17 speaks to me about unity. “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Maybe a bit deeper than that too. Every bit of the body counts. Every bit can make a difference. Every bit matters. Just because one part isn’t designed to do something, doesn’t mean it’s expendable...
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