Fighting The Wrong Battle

Have you ever find yourself fighting a battle in life? Of course you have. We all have. Have you ever fought so hard only to find out later that you weren’t even fighting the right battle? This can happen in so many areas of life. You find yourself arguing a point passionately and then you find out later that because you weren’t really paying attention you weren’t even talking about the same thing as the other person. I know this is a weird example but hang in with me here…

I always had a problem with sweating for as long as I can remember. I would sweat so much that my shirts constantly had sweat marks under my arms. This issue was literally was starting to drive me crazy. I wouldn’t even be hot and I would be sweating. I started only wearing black shirts because you couldn’t see the sweat marks. My family knew not to buy me grey shirts because they showed the sweat the most. I fought sweating with everything I had in me. I used the strongest antiperspirants I could find. Whatever was the most extreme protection, the latest and greatest, even the medical grade stuff. I would put on more and more in an attempt to beat the sweat. The problem was that the issue was getting worse and worse.. I was fighting so hard, and losing. My life changed last summer when I accidentally bought a different deodorant than usual. The stuff I bought was just straight deodorant and had no antiperspirant in it at all. I didn’t even notice what was happening until about a week later when I realized that I had stopped sweating as much as I used to. Literally as soon as I stopped using antiperspirant my problem went away. I now can wear whatever shirts I want and it is amazing. To top it off many reports say that antiperspirant is horrible for your body and shouldn’t be used. That was just a bonus.

I know that example is weird, but it really got me thinking. I was fighting the wrong battle. I didn’t need a stronger defense.. I needed a different one. Are you are stuck in a job that you don’t like? Are you are battling depression? Are you losing a friend or relationship because you can’t seem to get along? My challenge is to take a step back from the situation. The very thing you may be fighting may be what you need to just step away from. If you allow yourself to make sure that you aren’t fighting the wrong battle you may just find yourself actually winning.

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