the internal enemy

The internal enemy—the mean one, the one you’ve been fighting all your life—well, they’re plenty strong.

Have a whole dictionary of words and string them together in the most impossibly negative sentences, worming their way into your subconscious and self talk.

Have a nasty bag of dirty tricks, punching down at precisely the right moment, letting hope set in then doing everything they can to rip it away.

Let them get strong enough and they’ll go to full blown guerilla warfare, sabotaging moments, sometimes taking over for whole hours, making sure to leave a mess for your better self to clean up. 

It’s enough of a daily challenge to face up to our internal enemy—enough that we don’t have to let the external enemies send reinforcements. 

We’re self antagonistic enough. Don’t let the scale tip further.

Thank you. Let’s have a great day.