Vainamoinen sang the rocks to move. He did not sing them gently.

Finnish national epic · compiled 1849 by Elias Lonnrot

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Sisu

Two hundred days of darkness a year. Forty below in winter. Russia next door. The Finns had to invent a word for the strength that shows up only when everything is gone, and they named it sisu. Sisu is not grit. Not resilience. Not courage. It is, specifically, the reserve you di…

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