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Settle the War in Your Mind

Am I working with or against myself?

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Apr 04, 2026
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Borrowing the Tiger’s Majesty by Yuzu Kato. Become one with yourself and you can handle whatever comes your way.

“Circumstances are what deceive us—you must be discerning in them. We embrace evil before good. We desire the opposite of what we once desired. Our prayers are at war with our prayers, our plans with our plans.” - Seneca

“I have always believed that when a man gets it into his head to do something, and when he exclusively occupies himself in that design, he must succeed, whatever the difficulties. That man will become Grand Vizier or Pope.”- Casanova

The following is a story from Fables from Boccaccio and Chaucer by Dr. John Aiken,

“A goose who was plucking grass upon a common thought herself affronted by a horse who fed near her; and, in hissing accents, thus addressed him:

“I am certainly a more noble and perfect animal than you, for the whole range and extent of your faculties is confined to one element. I can walk upon the ground as well as you; I have, besides, wings, with…

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