"Making it a big deal."

They ask me, "Why are you making such a big deal out of such a small thing?" Because I know this: the very thing that makes minds open and vulnerable to external conquest and colonization is precisely their not “making things big.” One should elevate their enemy so that they themselves may also rise. But if there is no enemy, if the person is not “making it a big deal,” then there is nothing to elevate. This means that even if a person’s body reaches fifty, their mind remains that of a fifteen-year-old.