If you're a fan of History Channel's FORGED IN FIRE, you see master blade smiths compete against other blade smiths to emerge Forged In Fire Champion.
By heating steel to white hot temperatures in a furnace and applying tremendous pressure using hammers, these master blade smiths create the sharpest and strongest blades that can pass several "kill" tests.
Sadly, not everyone becomes a FORGED IN FIRE Champion. Not every blade "makes the cut". But every blade went through the same forging process of heat and pressure. So what sets a champion blade apart from the other chunk of forged steel?
The deciding factor is in how steel reacts to the heat and pressure while the smith forges, folds, and shapes the chunk of steel into the desired blade. Some steel will crack. Some will delaminate. Some will deform and not stay straight. A champion blade is the one that will stay true and not bend nor crack under tremendous heat and pressure.
The fact that heat and pressure can make or break the blade apparently can also apply to me and you. Everyone goes through varying levels of "heat and pressure" everyday at work and at home. How we react under "heat and pressure" defines our character and determines whether we go home failing to "make the cut" or emerge as forged in fire champion.
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