Teachings,+Oak+and+Reed

=Oak and Reed= (By Tionne)

What makes a Jedi what they are? That is hard to tell. If it were just Force talent, then many more would be Jedi. Some beings would say that it is hardship that makes a Jedi. Some would say the exact opposite thing. Myself, I believe a Jedi is the composite of all their experiences, good or bad. Hardship strenghthens, true--but it can break a being with the force of a supernova. Love lends its own brand of strength, more like a reed bending in the breeze than the mighty oak that falls to the storm. Yet even the oak endured. Those in whom the hearts of oak and reed meld are the ones that become true Jedi.