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Sometimes when I have a rough week, I learn a few things in the middle of all the craziness. One thing is our enemy is not always what we think it is, and our problem isn’t always what it seems to be. Usually the big problem that causes the most issues is the thoughts and ideas that we feed ourselves. The story and emotions we feed ourselves when we’re holding on, being unwilling to take a step back and gain new perspective.

I realized my problem is only as heavy as I allow it to be, until I decide to stop carrying it around and just let go. I also realize my enemy is only as strong as I allow him to be by choosing to listen to that crap. And at the same time, the issues aren’t being caused by the things I’m trying to change in my life, but by the lies that I’ve allowed to seep in and interfere with the way I see myself.

When I’m feeling horrible and defeated it’s usually because I feel like I’ve run out of fuel, and my energy is depleted. Sometimes when the stress gets out of control it’s tempting to look inside and tap that negative/angry energy. In order to rush through the issues and get things done as fast as possible, laying down everything that stands in the way. But even when doing that seems to be the only solution and the easiest way to get results, it usually becomes a disaster.

See through the illusion

I used to give myself permission to be angry because I felt like it helped me focus. So if you’re like me you might need another reason to realize why doing that is a bad idea. A good way to put it is that jumping into your anger in order to fix the problem is like trying to run through a field of mud. You might get far pretty quick, but it won’t take long before you’re getting stuck. Because once you start trying to fix problems and resolve issues with that negative type of energy, it just opens up the opportunity for all of it to come back toward you. We reap what we sow. If I yell at my kids by lashing out at them or if I get harsh toward someone else, it’s only going to start the cycle of that person feeling that way toward me. After that, I would only be tempted to take that little bit of resentment and do something else to them again. On and on, like a ping pong ball, it just gets more and more out of control, and you get stuck in the mud.

Another reason why anger, hostility, negativity, and all those things don’t work is because it causes people to be separated from you. Who wants to follow somebody who’s just going to lash out at them all the time? Would you want to? Would anyone else want to either? So lashing out, being angry, and using that negative form of strength to get the job done is only making you weaker and weaker making you more and more isolated.

What about you?

So lastly, it might be easy to treat others like gold but are you being negative towards yourself? A lot of the times, all that anger and frustration is coming from ideas and beliefs that we’ve picked up on along the way that simply aren’t true. What’s driving you crazy may not be the problem you can’t solve but the thoughts that building up inside your mind keeping you from finding a way out of that negative abyss. Every single problem in your life it’s not always a hundred percent negative. But every single problem will definitely come with an opportunity. If you can step back for a second and see the good in the situation, and actually admit that there is some, you will at least have the freedom to think clearly. Then when you go back, it becomes easier to get things pointed in the right direction by driving the positives instead of being dragged around by the negatives. Your energy will also change at the same time as the opportunity is unveiled and the victory becomes in sight.

You were born to be a creative person and there is nothing you can’t do. Your ability to block stress from crawling in it is one of your most valuable assets. When you’re in the right state of mind nothing will be able to stop you.

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Under the soul we draw from a source unseen. Leaning to where your confidence comes from, tied to all that you believe.
There are only two forms of power that will ever be.
Two unchangeable designs which mirror one another with perfect opposition, and this is key.

One centered in hate and polished in pride.
The other in love and it never dies.
As everyone serves one or the other side.
Basing decisions on what we have hiding inside.
Because you can’t fake receiving the truth or believing a lie.

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