THE MIND: WHERE THE BATTLE IS WAGED
I read a book sometime ago and I was intrigued from the start to the end. I remember going online to make more research about the writer because I was totally consumed by the burning knowledge in that book. The name of the writer is Joyce Meyer. The book is titled the BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND. Personally, Iāll advise everyone to read this book but then it will only make more sense if you believe in God and the Bible.
Prior to when I read this book, I wasnāt really a reader but I know I was interested in reading whenever I can. I just finished my exam and I thought that was just the perfect time to finally read the book that has always been lying on the reading table that belongs to my roommateās sister. The title of the book drew me to it and I was very sure I was going to learn so much from it even before reading through.
I started by reading about the author and that was the first great push to read her book. Joyce was a woman that has gone through a lot of molestation and more as a little girl and she grew up with this certain kind of mindset that limited her in so many ways. It wasnāt her fault, she met life at a wrong place growing up and that formed most of her beliefs, principles and ideas as she grew into a woman. According to her, it wasnāt easy for her at all wading off those mindset that has been made due to what she has experienced in life.
It was just beautiful that someone like her wrote a book like that. According to her, she had a lot of excuses to stay the way she was but she knew accepting her battles and winning them was only going to make her life and that of her family better. Joyce was able to meet the right person that helped her realize that everything she has faced and sheās facing are affecting who she currently is now because she is yet to conquer the battle that has been waged in her mind due to what she has faced as a little girl.
This was because the mind was actually where the battlefield is. She was guided and with time, she was able to start working on her mind and things started improving greatly for her and her marriage also got better.
When it comes to becoming better, most times we put in effort in so many areas of our lives to become the best we can and somehow we ignore the mind. Well, thatās why we still get defeated no matter how much we try. Why? Because the mind is where the battle is waged. Thatās where it all goes down. The first way to win any battle, is winning the battle of the mind. We all grew up with different ideas and beliefs which were bore as a result of the things we have experienced and learned from the people and our environment.
These ideas most times are not the best ones for us but then we see them as okay because weāve had them for as long as we can remember. And our minds act in a really interesting way, it almost doesnāt forget. It keeps those baggage youāve lied to yourself to have let go off until that day when it reminds you of it. The mind is a part of us that no matter how smart we are, we just canāt lie to and the reason is simple, the mind is a part of us. You canāt lie to yourself (so itās your mind that is the part of you that you canāt actually lie to). It saves what we really think deep down. It keeps the lies we tell ourselves at the surface to keep us at ease but there will be a day of reckoning.
For us to keep the flame burning, the first step is accepting whatever it is that our minds have somehow saved deep down. Acceptance is the first step to renewal. Itās always going to be hard the more you keep denying who you are when deep down you know thatās who you are. The only way to truly change is to accept you for you and then you can work on building and refining yourself. Thatās how the reborn happens and then you can start feeling your flame truly burning even without needing so much support.
Even if you donāt remember anything that I have said since, donāt forget this, āTHE MIND IS WHERE THE BATTLE IS WAGEDā. You do not need physical weapons to win most, if not all your battles. The true battle is happening in your mind.
I hope your flame is ignited!
So much similarities in this piece to myself.
Most of the battles we face in life begin in childhood. 100% of my recovery was down to accepting that perhaps my childhood wasn't the greatest.
Right up until my late 20's I thought my childhood had been great -- filled with parties, and fun friendships, and meeting other people.
And yes, it was fun, I'll admit that, but the mature side of me knows that my life was also filled with lax boundaries, neglect, and addiction.
And not only that but the older we get because of the foundation we have then we built on those negative experiences.
I was lucky, I was 26 when I began seeing the world differently -- I had yet to make any mistakes that would have me burning in years of eternal hell fire.
But my dad?
It always frustrated me why he didn't change like I did, yet the mistakes and experiences he had made -- I could not imagine the great battles that were waged in his mind, in a way I even feel sympathy for him.
A man that wanted to do good -- but was eternally tormented by the experiences he had woven himself -- and thus drank excessively to rid himself of them.
It's good that you're doing this work so young hope.
The first day I found out gold was not always beautiful, I was amazed. I was even more amazed when I found out it has to go through so much furnace to come out that beautiful.
Personally, I believe that there is no one that canāt be fixed as long as they are willing to be fixed and they accept that they need fixing.
I think the difference between you and your dad is that you accepted that you needed help - a change and you worked towards achieving it.
Itās sad that he is yet to recover like you did but Iām really happy you did and now you are helping others too through sharing your story and experiences.
Iām lucky. Really fortunate. I have the opportunity of learning and becoming better by learning from otherās experiences.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me, Ray. ā¤ļø
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