The End Of A Battle

I don’t know you, but there are times when you feel like giving up. You fight and fight for something you believe in, but nothing budges. People don’t see it your way and nothing is going the way you would like to see things going. Slowly but surely, your passion is sculpted away. You ask your close friends their thoughts, knowing deeply, that ultimately, you are the one who has to make that final decision, to give up or not. You still hope and continue to fight until your last breath, as you feel, deep in your heart, that you must.

Then when you are down to your knees and ready to finally give up, something comes up to give you hope. You wish it will be enough to build on. You still have no control, but thankful for such unique opportunity. You know it needs to be handled promptly, as the opportunity will disappears as quickly as it came. You have to grasp what it has to teach you and offer you, so you can carefully move onto the next step. Oh, you know there is still a long road ahead and that your patience will continue to be challenged. You know that you still need to sleep on your anger, instead of acting on it, in order to continue to bring calm reactions and wise decisions from all parties. And in time, you realize that obstacles can fall with gentle perseverance, understanding, and compassion. Nothing can be rushed; everything has to happen in its right time. Then, it suddenly happens. Though you are exhausted, you can finally sense a moment of relief. The weight you feel over your shoulders or the chest pressures you felt for months, suddenly disappear. At that moment, you know that you did the right thing to fight till the end.

Today is that day for me. Sure it makes me happy to finally see it. But what satisfies me most, is to know that we all came out as winners, as we have come to realize that differences can be overcome with understanding, compassion, and love.

It was not easy and it took a lot out of all of us. We might have lost ourselves a bit in it, but I am ready to bet that what we gain is way more valuable than what we left behind. If I have to do this all over, you bet I would!

I know now that I have to choose my battles very carefully, proceed with gentle perseverance, while keeping an open heart. I know that when my heart is truly in it, it is the right battle for me to fight for.

All this made me realize that a few challenges in my life today, are best left alone, as my heart is truly not in it. It is time to let go and, that in itself, is a relief!