Summary

Dan Catalin reflects on the nature of fighting in life, advocating for self-awareness and evolution from internal conflict to fighting for love, truth, and personal growth.

Abstract

The article, driven by guest prompt Dan Catalin, delves into the human tendency to fight and questions the purpose behind this struggle. It suggests that while fighting is inherent to our survival and rights, it can become a self-destructive obsession if misdirected towards materialistic gains. The author shares personal insights on the transformation from fighting against oneself to embracing a fight for self-love, spiritual beliefs, and meaningful values. The narrative explores the concept of reincarnation and the idea that we are all spiritual beings who will ultimately be saved from our earthly attachments. The author concludes by affirming a commitment to fight for personal fulfillment, peace, and happiness, rather than for external validation or societal expectations.

Opinions

Fighting is an intrinsic part of human nature, but it requires discernment to determine when it is necessary.
Constant fighting can be counterproductive; sometimes, surrendering and attracting is a better approach.
Personal growth often involves a struggle, particularly in learning self-love.
The author is not religious but acknowledges a belief in a universal plane or returning place, suggesting a form of spirituality without adherence to a specific religion.
Reincarnation and past lives are topics of interest for the author, influencing their perspective on life after death.
Success, wealth, power, and lust can lead to self-destructive fighting, causing one to lose sight of true self-worth.
The author emphasizes the importance of fighting for love, truth, compassion, and kindness over superficial or ego-boosting causes.
Self-transformation is possible and often necessitates hitting a low point before the desire to change emerges.
The author is committed to fighting for personal boundaries, self-preservation,

A Fighting Spirit

Driven by love- Guest prompt Dan Catalin

“If you knew you’d be saved in the end, would you still fight?”

Why do we fight?

What are we spending our lives fighting for?

Fighting is a part of human nature, but sometimes as humans, we become all too familiar with fighting. We think we need to always fight- when sometimes we don’t. We become confused and learn to push and force our way through life. Sometimes though, life is calling on us to surrender and attract.

Sometimes fighting can actually mean returning to hermit mode for a while. So we can fight for ourselves.

I have a fighting spirit, but I used it to fight against myself for a long time. I also got confused by when and what to fight for- I didn’t listen to myself for a long time.

This is why a lot of people struggle when they don’t need to.

But then again, don’t we need to struggle and suffer from ourselves until we’re ready to learn the lessons about self-love that are ever so important to experience?

I’m not religious and don’t like labelling myself as spiritual in some situations as I think people have created a religion in itself under that label too. But I believe we are all spiritual beings and I like the idea of reincarnation and that we live many lives. Many lives in different bodies and as different people. Past lives are something I have always been interested in exploring and understanding.

I believe in life after death, and I also think we all come from and return to a universal plane/returning place. I’m not sure where or what this looks like- but it does mean I believe in many ways we all get saved from our individualistic attachments to our bodies and material existence here on earth.

I find it fascinating to question all the what if’s of life after death.

Fighting is an important part of being a human. Fighting for survival, our rights and self-preservation. Fighting is a necessary tool to have in our belts for living life here on earth.

Fighting has helped many people survive in situations they perhaps ordinarily wouldn’t have.

Though on the flipside of the coin, fighting can be self-destructive. It can become obsessive. We can find ourselves fighting for all the wrong reasons and purposes.

We can be quite easily tempted and obsessed by success, wealth, power, and lust. We can become unrecognizable to ourselves and begin to morph into the monsters we most fear.

This is part of the difficulty of being human.

We may be fighting for things that only exist to boost our egos, to keep up charades and illusions. We become numb to our own lies and tricks and our souls get parched from lack of nourishment.

Fighting can become a self sabotaging trait rather than a tool for growth.

And when we get caught up in the game we can quickly find ourselves on a slippery slope of self-destruction.

But then, don’t we need the fall to happen for the change to even be possible?

I have sat with this thought a lot lately.

Had I not become unrecognizable to myself in the past, and landed in the darkest of places- Would I have ever received the spark to change, the desire to start truly living again?

So still I am fighting, but now it is with a different intention- a newfound purpose.

I am fighting for love, truth, compassion, and kindness.

I’m learning to rebel against fear and fight for what I believe to be true.

If you knew you’d be saved in the end, would you still fight?

So the answer to this prompt is yes. I want to contribute to the world in whatever way the universe intended. I want to help in the ways I can. I am fighting for what I believe deep down we are all fighting for- fulfilment, peace, and happiness.

The difference is, this new me isn’t going to spend all her time fighting with herself- but for herself.

And now I know where to find many of the things I was fighting for all along… Within myself.

Here are some things I will fight for- My boundaries, Self preservation, My truth, My beliefs, My love of life, My independence, My creative self-expression.

And here are some things I have fought for in the past which I no longer will fight for- External validation, Other peoples truths(that don’t align with mine), Things that go against my beliefs, Anything that’s not working in my life(relationships, jobs, habits, etc.)

So I am still fighting- but for different things. I’m fighting for growth and transformation rather than for quick band-aid rewards.

I’m tired of fighting for all the wrong reasons, but just getting started fighting for all the right ones!

Thanks to Dan Catalin for this inspiring prompt 👏❤. Thanks to Diana C. for the wonderful guest prompts and all the work you do to provide such a creative space for all of us in KTHT 🙏❤!