Only Respond to Worthy Battles
Battle /badl/ verb - fight or struggle tenaciously to achieve or resist something.
The familiar phrase, “choose your battles wisely”, is mentioned to encourage us to choose battles that are worthy of our energy and mental capacity. This phrase is said in comparison to knowing when we should choose to let go of small feats instead of exerting energy toward them. As we enter into winter aka hibernation season, things we have not resolved may come to surface to help us work through them to be renewed by spring. You hold the decision to face and transcend worthy battles. You also hold the wisdom to determine if it is a battle simply worth letting go. By only responding to worthy battles, you are choosing self-preservation. Responding to every big and little battle that shows up can exhaust you.
What are considered worthy battles? Foremost, the answer to this question will vary based on your personal perspective and wisdom of what you deem as worthy. Worthy battles can include - a. examining the best eating regimen that will improve your health and executing trial runs to eliminate what does not work b. receiving therapy to work through traumas c. consciously working through a continuous issue in your relationship to overcome it once and for all. Notice how each example speaks to exerting energy and mental capacity to figure something out. If you could take one thing from this post, it would be to respond to the battles that truly matter and to give yourself more opportunities to be intentional with your energy. The goal is to thrive and enjoy life - not constantly strive to survive and fight.
Joy Gem: “Choose your battles wisely. After all, life isn't measured by how many times you stood up to fight. It's not winning battles that makes you happy, but it's how many times you turned away and chose to look into a better direction. Life is too short to spend it on warring. Fight only the most, most, most important ones, let the rest go.” - C. JoyBell
