Robert Fisher (2) (1922–2008)

Ritari ja ruostunut haarniska on viihdyttävä tarina ja elämäntaito-opas siitä, miten helposti itsensä ja läheisensä voi menettää – ja mahdollisesti saada takaisin.

Ritari ja ruostunut haarniska on kertomus ritarista, joka on kadottanut itsensä. Ritari luulee olevansa hyvä ja hellä, kunnes eräänä päivänä hänen perheensä saa tarpeekseen peltihaarniskan kanssa elämisestä. Vaimo uhkaa lähteä ja viedä yhteisen lapsen mukanaan, ellei ritari riisu haarniskaansa. Mutta show more helpommin sanottu kuin tehty, sillä haarniska ja kypärä ovat kasvaneet ritariin kiinni! Epätoivoinen ritari lähtee hovinarrin neuvosta etsimään taikuri Merliniä. Avukseen matkalla totuuden tiellä ritari saa oravan ja kyyhkysen. Yhdessä kolmikko kulkee kolmen linnan halki: hiljaisuuden, tiedon sekä tahdon ja rohkeuden linnan. Matkalla ritari joutuu kohtaamaan oman itsensä, pelkonsa ja ennakkoluulonsa. Vapautuuko ritari kahleistaan?
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I've read this book several times over the years. The author entwines truth with a compelling story of a knight stuck in his own armor who must take a journey on the Path of Truth and find himself in order to free himself.

Robert Fisher’s book has been compared to the 1970 smash hit, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which held the Number One spot on the New York Times bestseller list for two consecutive years. That’s one of the reasons I purchased this little book.

I remember reading JLS, like everyone else. However, at age 14, I didn’t get it. To me, it was about a gull that was more interested in flight than food. It didn’t turn my life upside down nor change my path. I might think differently about it show more if I tried to read it now, as I am on the downhill side of middle age.

In this lighthearted tale, a knight is in search of his true self. But he’s not sure how to go about it.
He is known throughout the kingdom for his armor. It shone so brilliantly that the entire village knew where the knight was at all times. The knight loved to wear his armor. He hated to take it off and, as time progressed, he slowly quit removing it. His wife, Juliet, and their son, Christopher, began to feel shut off and missed the knight.

Before long, the knight was unable to remove his armor. Even the village blacksmith couldn’t help him. There was only person who could help him, Merlin the Magician. He couldn’t wait for Merlin to show up, so the knight saddled his trusty steed and headed to Merlin’s Woods.

Eventually the knight found the magician and poured out his soul. Merlin knew there was only one way to get the armor off, so he set him down the Path of Truth. Along the path, the knight had to overcome three obstacles.

This is a simple tale that is quick and easy to read and ist to the point. It isn’t clouded in obscurities as I remember JLS was, although I could be recalling a point of view of a teenager.

The back cover says The Knight in Rusty Armor falls into the “psychology/self-help” genre. I looked on Amazon and it’s rated as a kid’s book, ages 8-12. Personally I feel it is still too deep for a child of that age, so I give The Knight in Rusty Armor 3 out of 5 stars in Julie’s world. show less

含著淚，武士笑了，沒有發覺到一道明亮、新生的光芒從他身上放射出來 這道光，比他的盔甲擦得最亮的時候更光亮、更美麗 像小溪般閃爍，像明月般皎潔，像太陽般耀眼奪目。 show more 隨時隨地準備上馬比武、拯救受難公主的武士，正如你、我，在繁忙人世、在日復一日的生活與工作中，為保護自己，穿上了層層包裹的沈重盔甲。終於有一天，我們會和武士一樣，發現它竟然再也脫不下來了。 因為這件盔甲，我們再也感受不到一個吻的暖意，聞不到空氣中傳來一朵花的香氛，也聽不到旋律優美的曲子。但，更可怕的恐怕是，對這種種「感受不到」的無動於衷。 武士也許不比我們多數人聰明，但他卻比我們大多數人都要勇敢。為了認識真正的自我，為了學習如何愛自己，也學會如何愛別人，他帶著吱軋作響的盔甲，帶著久未好好進食的羸弱身軀，穿過三座古堡，克服面對獨處時的恐懼，接受真正的自己，更靠著自信擊退了「疑懼之龍」，而他由心深處真誠湧出的熱淚也完全融解了生鏽的盔甲。最後，武士不但重獲了自由的身體，更藉由全然自由的心靈體會到與宇宙融為一體的深刻感受。 show less