Are you angry with the world? For some people each day represents another battle in a war against what they perceive to be a partisan world. Full of anger and driven on by feelings of injustice and inequality they rage against life as if it were a hostile regime.
When troubles come at you with a force that knocks you off balance, it is easy to see life as a fight for survival in a society divided into the haves and the have-nots, as a contest to be won or lost.
No one would deny that at times life is a struggle, when it becomes a war the conflict is often with ourselves, feeling impotent to change anything and unable to move on, we apportion blame, and deny responsibility. An old Chinese proverb says “It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness”.
Even the smallest triumph can change everything and make your life worthwhile, so don’t stand against the wind, you don’t always have to swim against the tide, no where is it written that the hard way is best.
Never give up fighting for the life you think you deserve, but if you accomplish this without blame or scapegoat, you may bring about lasting peace.
As Buddha described “It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell”.
Title quote by Franz Kafka