There’s an old African proverb which states “When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”

It’s the kind of quote that you nod your head and agree with but then it sort of sucker punches you when you realize it has to do more with you than you care to admit.

We all have enemies within.

For some it’s fear,

For others it’s self doubt and continually second guessing one’s self,

Others it’s jealousy or perhaps some anger that’s being carried around like a thousand pound weight.

Who knows, maybe its simply you caring way too much about what people think of you and being accepted.

How To Find Your “Enemies”

I found mine somewhere around 2010.

Don’t get me wrong, I knew of them before then but the moment I thought about them, I’d conveniently decide to think about them “later”.

I found mine by dedicating time, each day to think about my life,

I knew my enemy was fear of starting another business so I began the first steps to facing my “enemy”

I gave serious thought to what I was scared of and why I was scared of it.

I caught myself rationalizing the fear so . . .

I decided to rationalize facing the fear and evicting it from my life.

A year later I eliminated the “enemy” by starting my business.

And that’s when I realized the true meaning of . . .

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”

For me, it boils down to how we internalize the world.

Good, bad and flat out ugly things will come our way in life from the outside but,

How we choose to deal with it on the inside ultimately makes the difference.

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