Choosing Battles

a series of not so good experiences made me lift this blog from my friendster account.
this would probably affirm to the reader how stubborn am i.
i hope people who will read this post won't give any malice to this.
read on and it's up to you how would you take this.
August 29th, 2007 by maloueudela

i remembered kimee telling to me one time to choose my battles..
at first i did not really get the point why she said that.
and when i finally got the courage to ask what she meant by that: she simply answered me not to dwell on the battles that are not worth fighting for in the first place.
whew! that is one great lesson i have learned and have come to apply in life.
when i choose my battle, i see to it to first identify the cause why i am fighting for it.
in life, we are heeding many battles, some of which though hard to accept, are not actually worth taking our time .
as i grew mature, i realized that true battles in life are only few and one dominant battle is the very battle we have with ourselves.
i have to be honest, i am still winning over myself and it’s difficult to do that. it seems to be easy but in reality it is the hardest of all.
other than battling with myself, i have a couple of battles around.

once i get into a battle, there is no turning back. simply because, i only get into a battle where i have clear purpose and intentions.

asking me to tone down once i asserted what i believed is right is something i really appreciate. in a way it speaks of one’s concern for me. but sadly i cannot just give up battles that easily because i’ve conducted evaluations before i entered on such. giving up a battle, especially when i know i am on the right track is too much for me to do.

i am not a war/battle freak, i just assert what i believe is right and needs to be done. for me, battles are good in a way. it sharpens one’s art of reasoning. it tests patience, allows us to exercise the act of fact-finding, and there are lot more we can draw from putting up a battle.

surely it can hurt other people sometimes but if both parties are matured enough to just act within the bounds of the issue-it’s not really a problem afterall.

i choose my battles.

once i am into it, you cannot drag me back anymore.

call me too sure about myself, but i have to admit this–once i am in my chosen battle, i don’t have any thoughts of losing… for i have programmed in my mind that i am fighting for the right thing and i ought to finish it with the triumph at my side.

it’s said that~~~"the best way to win an argument is to avoid them"

but i believe

some arguments are not worth avoiding at all. you have to fight for it simply because that is the "best and a must" option in the list.

"everything has its time"..true indeed!!

that is why, some battles/arguments are worth fighting in its defined perfect time.