Taoism Point-of-View Text Hi, this is AJ. Welcome to the point of view stories for "Taoism." Same story, but this time we start with "Since last year..."

<p><br></p> <p>Taoism Point-of-View Text</p> <p>Hi, this is AJ. Welcome to the point of view stories for "Taoism." Same story, but this</p> <p>time we start with "Since last year..."</p> <p>* * ** *</p> <p>Since last year Tomoe has wanted to fight a gorilla. She has wanted to fight a</p> <p>gorilla starting last year until recently. Tomoe has wanted to fight a gorilla since</p> <p>last year. In fact, every day since last year she has contemplated her goal.</p> <p>Starting last year, she started to contemplate and then every day she has</p> <p>contemplated her goal every day since last year.</p> <p>What has she contemplated?</p> <p>She has contemplated her goal, her goal of fighting a gorilla. Because she has wanted</p> <p>to fight a gorilla for one year, since last year.</p> <p>But of course, every time she has contemplated fighting a gorilla, she has</p> <p>realized that gorillas have brute strength. She has realized every time that they</p> <p>are hard to fight. And so every day since last year she has gone to the gym.</p> <p>Every day since last year she has gone to the gym and she has strained to lift</p> <p>weights. She has tried very hard to lift weights. Every day she has strained to lift</p> <p>weights. Every day she has worked out, exercised. Every day she has gotten</p> <p>stronger and stronger and stronger, since last year. So she has wanted to fight a</p> <p>gorilla. She has contemplated fighting a gorilla. She has gone to the gym. She</p> <p>has exercised. She has strained to lift weights every day since last year, until</p> <p>finally she was ready.</p> <p>One day she said "I'm ready. I will proceed with my plan." And she did. She</p> <p>proceeded with her plan. She flew to Africa. In Africa she saw a big, strong, huge</p> <p>gorilla. But there was a problem. The gorilla had such a cute little baby. Oh no.</p> <p>Tomoe visualized the baby crying. She imagined the baby crying. And so Tomoe</p> <p>took the baby into consideration. She thought about the baby. And Tomoe</p> <p>decided not to fight the g