of war, tears and happiness...(1)

i've somehow recently been inspired to write this entry while observing my friends one night or to say a whole day or wk...



so let me begin by sayin this:



We may not be training to fight a war, be sent to iraq or afghanistan or to be prepared to resist a northern invader. We may run many kilometres, scale hills and carry loads on our backs, but the one war we will always hv to fight is the war we face within ourselves.



Imagine how many wars we face daily in our lives? Ok let me narrow the scope. The wars we fight in the place I am at...



1. Attack of the zzzzZ monster

2. SOC

3. IPPT

4. Outfield

5. Mosquitos

6. Profanities

7. Irritating ppl

8. Lethargy



There is more to that list I can add but somehow dun reli wanna list it all.



Ultimately all this can be trivial but still we struggle with it. Probably in ur own life u face ur own battles. The student is exams, those workin is the nxt bonus or pay rise, to the athlete is when he'll meet his nxt opponent. ANd so on and so forth.



So wat does this mean? We dun hv to be carryin guns and carryin explosives and shoutin orders to fight a war. The war is within. The internal struggle with our desires with our needs with our very being and responsibilities. That is war. NOt a clash of titans and artillery fire. BUt a clash and conflict between mind, heart and soul. This is the war we face daily. Frm the moment we drag our feet out of bed. To the moment we look at the mirror and start brushing our teeth and eat our toast and sip our coffee. ALl the way till we get back home frm work/sch and hang our legs and relax. We will face a conflict of interest, a battle to make decisions.



So then how do we overcome? HOw do we win the battles we face? I guess one way is to just confront them head on with all your strength. To charge with all you hv. Meaning with the wisdom of ur mind, the feelings of ur heart and the well being of ur soul.

Anyway away frm tat, not reli a subject matter expert on tat one yet because I myself am battlin daily my own wars. My own struggles, my own experiences. BUt wats fulfillin is dat I'm not battlin it alone.

On a more personal side I guess wat happiness I'm deriving everyday is to see my frens around me overcome their adversities, even if it means I forsakin my own ability to fight my own wars. Just heard out a fren of mine who was distraught abt his results of not gettin into med sch, I tried to comfort him yet it was difficult to bring hope to person who doesnt believe in a hope dats just unfathomable. Oh wells... I'll be back this wkend to continue on this topic I suppose unless I forget to or some other incident inspires me to write somethin else. In the mean time to the unknown out there or to some passer by hv a nice and fulfilling day and yea do kp smiling and try to make someone's day.