People who have had little self-reflection live life in a huge reality blind-spot.
Your strength is beyond your own imagination.
Every experience is seen through your mind's eye, so when you change your mind you change your entire world.
Through spiritual maturity you will see new ways to avoid unnecessary suffering; wiser ways to endure unavoidable hardships with grace, and opportunities to turn your pain into lessons of service and healing for others.
The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.
Declaring our intentions for a safer and kinder world is the obvious first step toward attaining those goals.
The further you are challenged and threatened, the more your warrior heart will emerge.