When we see successful people, more often than not, we notice only their current status, including their achievements, the awesome lives they live and the seemingly constant joy and happiness that they are surrounded with.
What we often fail to notice or even think about is the story behind their success and the arduous journey that they have been on, to reach that particular point in their lives.
The thing is, we may think that in today’s world, there is such a huge competition in almost every field that it may seem like ‘you versus everybody else’, or that in order to succeed, you have to battle it out with everyone else.
But let me tell you, the most important battle in your life, is with yourself, not with anyone else. It’s the battle that we all fight within ourselves every single day of our lives.
Angels and Demons
Within each of us exist angels as well as demons. No, not the ones that are often portrayed by blue and red-bodied figures in the movies.
I am talking about thoughts and feelings. We humans have both positive and negative thoughts, feelings and emotions. None of us is perfect and we all have our baggages and we all have our flaws.
So, even though we would all like to feel happy, contended, joyful, love, friendship, gratitude and other positive feelings all the time, we also experience the opposite end of the spectrum like hatred, sadness, jealousy, fear, shame, worthlessness, etc.
It’s just the perks of being a human, I guess. In a way, we all have two people within us and it is the constant battle between these two people that decide our direction in life.
Who Do You Let Win?
Of course, you let the angel win. It’s kind of an obvious choice really, but it is much easier said than done. In fact, it is one of the hardest thing that a person has to do in his or her life.
I know this first hand because I have fought a lot of demons inside me as well, in my life and it was only about a year or two ago that I was able to defeat them, and my life has never been the same since.
It’s not that I do not experience negative thoughts or feelings from time to time. You must understand that the demon never really dies off completely and always tries to resurface, but it’s totally up to you if you let it overcome and overwhelm the angelic side of you.
To achieve success and to be who you set out to be, there are a lot of obstacles that you have to conquer and that cannot happen when you are not at peace with yourself and if there is a battle raging on within you. So, defeat your demons and keep them subdued.
The Road To Success
Imagine walking on the road to success with someone constantly trying to pull you back. Now, imagine walking the same road without anyone interfering you. It would be much easier, right?
There are many successful people in all walks of life that tell us the story of how they overcame their inner demons and how it was the best and most important thing they ever did for themselves. We could all take a lesson from them and do the same for ourselves.
I remember watching a video of Novak Djokovic, the world renowned Tennis player, in which he mentions the same thing. He says, “The biggest fight I had in my life was actually the fight within.”
If we can all do that, no matter how badly the odds are stacked against us, sooner or later, we will achieve our goals and reach that summit of success.
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People tend to over look how successful people got there, they only focus on the end result. Most successful got there by a lot of hard work and by grinding!
Yeah, that's true! Oh the grinding!! haha
Great article, and you are completely right.
I still remember the early days when I decided I need to work on all kind of things in order to get successful, and how hard it was for me to take from my personal time and invest everything into my work.
I still remember how hard was for me to do the right thing in situations where doing the wrong thing would've been better for me, and how I had to convince myself that I should always do the right thing, no matter what.
And I still remember all the days I had to lay down on my bed and think about those two parts of myself that had different opinions about something.
I am grateful that I've been blessed with good imagination, and whenever I feel like I'm in a situation that needs to be analyzed and that needs a really good decision, I lay in my bed and I imagine my two parts, the logic one and the one that focuses on feelings talk to each other, bringing arguments for each decision and trying to get to an agreement.
If you learn how to work with yourself, and if you learn how to find solutions to all the problems you have that will be in harmony with both your logical part and your part that focuses on feelings, your life will be easier.
Great post, keep up the good work, and best of luck!
I agree 100% with you. Many times in life, listening to the bad side can be beneficial but then we have to consider the morals and always do the right thing. In the long term doing the right things will matter.
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Inspire & motivate article...
Thank you :)
I found your post highly-motivating, @sauravrungta! I have just upvoted and Resteemed it!
Thank you! I appreciate it :)
Amazing amazing article! Sometimes we just have to get out of our own way. A lot of times when we fee like "things" are holding us back, it usually is ourselves. It could be in the form of low self-esteem, insecurity about our abilities, etc... It's a constant internal fight. I'm sure this article resonated with so many people. We are all facing our own battles. When I meet friends that are struggling, I always tell them to be kind to to themselves, and "be their own best friend."
Perfectly put. Couldn't have said it better myself :)
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Well saying
You are one of them who can inspire and motivate indians for this.
Thank you bhai @sauravrungta
Thank you for reading and the kind words :)
Nice idealistic article. Thanks @sauravrungta
There is always a dispute inside us. We should first win ourselves then only we can conquer the world or get success in life.
There is always a need to control our desires and choose the right path by listening to our conscience.
There should be an urge inside use to be better than before. This will make us a perfect human being. :)
Thanks for this awesome article.
That's true. First win you inner battles and then take on the world :)
Wiw....this so great.
Thanks! :)
Acceptance the answer to all my problem when I realize the negative behavior comes with consequences and I choose not to suffer the consequences anymore my behavior and choices has changed you need to and a lot of people have a different definition of success success could be Financial emotional psychological spiritual biological and so be conscious about of yourself or your thoughts and up your feelings I think it is okay to feel and think negative or positive thinking as soon as you learn from your behavior and your life experience because Lauren comes from boss
Yeah, the choice lies with all of us. Our lives are what we make of it. It's as simple as that.
Great post!! you have to grow and fight with yourself to achieve your dreams.
Thank you for the kind words :)
You are right, its the dualism or can i call it triune brain?
I think its the dual self.
Very nice post
Thank you :)
You welcome :)
you're pretty right your post is deep thanks a lot for sharing and keep on posting ;)
Thanks for reading :)
Great article that will surely motivate a lot of people.
I also believe that we are our worst enemies and if we manage to win the fights with our demons, we are capable of achieving great things and we will also be happier. But like you said, it's really easier said than done.
All the people who say that they only have positive vibes and thougts 24/7 are liars. We all have our demons and it's our responsability to keep them at bay as long as we breath.
Yes, it's a constant battle. It's tiring but something we just have to do.
Amazing post. Totally agree with your philosophy.
Thank you :)
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so so true, its only when you read something like this that you actually realise that all of us do this subconsciously everyday, realising that we do something gives us the edge to make the right choices as we can also use rational in the process to force the right decision and improve our lives , thanks for posting this.
yup, at the end of the day, we still decide which direction our lives are headed, be it good or bad.
Discipline is the one of biggest fights you'll have on the road to success. If you don't have discipline, your growth will always fall apart.
Yes! Exactly!!
Very true
Yes that battle too :)
Once you are able to win the battle within, you'll be fine.
Thanks for sharing.
Yes. Thanks for reading :)
You're welcome
dont let , demon handle ur soul!!
fighting!!
Exactly!!
Sure thing and you are absolutely right.
Great writing by the way. Keep up the good work!
Thank you. I like that quote! :)
The company you keep usually determines what you will be therefore the right company will always make you grow and become successful and help keep the demon inside you away. Great post
yes, outside forces have a great influence on our inner battles as well. Nice point :)
A closer inspection of the people we feel to be "successful" all too often uncovers those same demons, still there and still driving the person to ever more "success".
A person must learn to love and accept the person they are before they can allow themselves to succeed or their success will only leave them with that hollow feeling inside they had hoped their accomplishments would fill.
That's an interesting way to look at it!!
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i love this post because is the exact way of the world thanks for nice heavy content post
Thank you for reading and the kind words :)
Somehow your post inspires me to remain focused on my goals in life How not to sweat the small stuff on this journey called life. Thanks for sharing
Thank you. Means a lot to me :)
Thank you. Very motivational lines but i have to mention something that angels are not women they all are male :)
Thank you :) I never said angels are male of female. What does it even matter :P
I just said it by looking at your picture . :)
Amazing post
Thanks :)
Hey @sauravrungta... A fantastic post you have got out there✍️👍. Very craft fully scripted and concluded. I would also like to add on to what you conveyed in your post, everyone indeed has two personalities. It's your self belief that ultimately makes what you end up becoming.
Let me also throw in another angle to it by presenting you with a situation and the very outcome would decide whether the evil part of us drove our actions or the angel one:
If a gun eliminates a threat by taking a life and also saves another life by rescuing it from the threat at the same time, then in this case which shade of the gunman's personality overpowered the other one.
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Because the thinking like that so we had to keep the Second Amendment alive
Yes @marina8, that's what I wanted to imply. Under certain circumstances your devil can also act as your only way out of the situation.
Do no harm only self defense
Agreed...! Actions as a result of self defense shouldn't be mapped against the stencil of morality... A little bad for the larger good should be acceptable with everyone.
Thank you for the kind words :) About the situation, I absolutely have no idea. I guess if the person who was killed was evil, then it's the angelic side.
Yes off course. Not everything can be black or white, sometimes a shade of grey is what one needs to see, to put things into perspective. A little wrong done for a greater good isn't wrong in my books... Peace ✌️
Who Do You Let Win? I'm worried about it now!
hehe, nothing to worry about. Just feed the good wolf!
The hard work in any field is necessery even when you are talented in that specific field
Yup.
Hate to say it but the Joker was right on sometimes:
yeah, The Joker sure had some great insights on things!
AAARGH Don't say that... just don't.
Great post, i today's society success is all glamour and money ... But is real, I have heard lots of testimonials by many wealthy people on their death beds and they would swap all that wealth for better relations ,or spent more time with family ... Very deep subject makes one think and take stock ...
yeah, Success has been adulterated in a sense that it's all about the money nowadays and personal achievements and other goals simply don't mean anything to people!
Monsters live inside of us.....and sometimes they win. ( Not quite sure of the origin of this quote, but it has always stayed with me)
I think the Joker said this. In any case, that is sometimes true!
I remember hearing it on one of the episodes of "Criminal Minds"...they always have a meaningful quote at the end. 😊 I just think that it is so true.
Fighting with your inner self is the real battle which every person has to do,...... Doing it willingly and working on your spiritual development makes it easy ,.... You can never run away from yourself,.... so better be prepared and face yourself,.......
Exactly!! Those are some wise words there.
Nice one,,
Thanks!! :)
Interesting perspective. Your observations are similar to that of Plato's, but differ in that your view stresses the duality (good vs. evil) rather than the tripartite soul. Perhaps, it is due to Christian influence? The assumed concept within your article is that the standard or reference for "good" or "evil" in emotions and thoughts are consistant across circumstances and culture.
I tend to prefer the tripartite model of the soul because of the aforementioned assumption regarding good and evil. The tripartite model of reason ruling over emotions that control our desires is also a popular construct. Freud shamelessly copied Plato with his "Superego, Ego, Id" model without giving credit where it is due. In the US, unlike Austria, the "Ego" is the central focal point. In the original Freudian analysis, the "Superego" was the central focus. It is interesting how differing cultures stress different part of the human soul.
Anyway, thank you for this interesting post. It gives me a lot to contemplate.
My views don't have any religious influence whatsoever. I am not even Christian. hehe! It's just the way I see things. That's all. We all have our own views towards life and that's ok :)
Great piece!
Thanks :)
Food for thought