We Are The Fighters

Once you have reached the decision to change your life, or having already taken steps along the path towards achieving your dreams, you will encounter certain moments when you come face to face with the spectre of doubt.  When this happens, there is no need for fear.  Doubt provides us with an opportunity to test our courage. 

Having realised that there is another way to live your life, you will find that maintaining the momentum to change it can be difficult.  This becomes increasingly more difficult if you are surrounded by people who do not understand the motivation behind, or the ideal of what it is that you wish to achieve in your life and for yourself.  There will always be doubters and dissenters.  Never view them as the enemy.  They are actually your friends.  They are challenging you, making you question your resolve and they will make you ask yourself why you want this other life?  You can use that to your advantage. 

Confucius said that the green reed that bends in the wind is mightier than the oak tree that breaks in the storm.  In the situation where someone is disparaging your choices, or being negative about them, you have to be the reed and let everything flow over you and around you.  But more than this, you have to take that negative energy and turn it around.  Turn it into something useful and positive.  This is how a fighter uses the power of their opponent and turns it against them.  And in this world, we are fighting for the choices that we believe in. 

You should be aware that your greatest opponent could be someone very close to you.  The closer someone is to you, the more they feel they have to lose by you changing and moving away from the person that they once knew.  Their image of you is threatened.  They would perhaps rather that you remained the same person because it makes them feel safe.  It doesn't challenge them to look at their own lives and ask the questions, "Did I go in pursuit of my own dreams?", "Am I following my heart?".  The answer will be no to both questions.  Why?  Because anyone who has realised their own dreams and who is walking their chosen path would offer you encouragement, support and help.  They would want to see you achieve all that you desire.  This person may claim to love you, but ultimately, they cannot love you unconditionally, because they attach a price to their love.  And that price is that you remain exactly as they want to see you.  Evolving and changing is part of life.  Without the ability of nature to evolve, nothing that we see today in the natural would exist.  Trying to stop you from evolving as a person, is to try to hold back the force of nature itself.

It is not only individuals that we must fight against, it is the entire cultural and social system in which we live and to which we must not only contribute to, but also to conform with, in an expected way.  Individuals are protected within the cocoon of this society.  If we follow the rules and conform, then we are led to believe that everything will be okay.  Anyone who thinks, speaks or acts in an unexpected manner is frowned upon.  It has always been this way and it always will be.  Different will always be bad until the majority adopt the different.  But being different does not make you wrong.  Finding your own approach and method to contribute in a positive way can only be considered as good.  It may be different to what is the accepted norm, but that in no way makes it wrong.  I am not advocating anarchy.  I am only advocating that each person must find their own way - their own personal path.  History is littered with individuals who thought differently, who were ahead of their time - or perhaps just out of their time.  They persevered, many of whom were persecuted for their ideals.  The teachings of Jesus for example.  His beliefs set him apart and he gave the ultimate sacrifice.  Now, those ideals are adopted and accepted around the world.

So, against individuals and against notions of what is right in society you must take a stand.  Dare yourself to be different.  Be bold.  Be brave.  For you are never alone in the fight.  When everything seems against you, take these moments and use them to check your own courage and to examine your own convictions.  Life will test you.  There is no doubt about that.  If you are true to your heart, you can never be defeated.  We are the fighters. 


We Are The Fighters
We are the fighters for good
We are the fighters for change
We are the fighters who follow their hearts and go in pursuit of their dreams
We are the fighters who will live with no regrets
We are the fighters for our own freedom
We are the fighters for life
So draw your sword
Take a breath
And walk tall into the battle
For we are the fighters
And with the power of our hearts
We shall never be defeated.