Reluctant
Reluctance n. ‘act of struggling against;’ ‘unwillingness, aversion;’ … from re- ‘back, against, in opposition’ + luctari ‘to struggle, wrestle,’ … from PIE * lug-to - ‘bent’ (also Old Irish foloing ‘supports,’ inloing ‘connects;’ Middle Welsh ellwng - ‘to set free;’ Greek lygos ‘withy, pliant twig,’ lygizein ‘to bend, twist;’ Gothic galukan ‘to shut,’ uslukan ‘to open;’ Old English locc ‘twist of hair.’) Step by step in the dark, if my foot’s not wet, I’ve found the stone. Soyen Shaku The year winds down towards winter; each day is a small circle, ...