THE ENEMY WITHIN

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 THE ENEMY WITHIN 


The first day I placed the voice to the profile and name “Edward Asare” was on the 5th of May, 2024. His voice wasn't just the one that tells you to do A to make it B for the media and your person, but it was that voice that re-echoes within you when the pastor is preaching and it feels like God revealed to him to point at you with his voice only. It was the voice that you feel was directed only at you.

He talked extensively about stopping people from defining you and being positive. Tell yourself how beautiful and wonderful you are. He talked about setting a reminder and believing in yourself. At the end of his talk, I realized that for me to be a better person, I need to be the one to control my mind, believe in myself and put in the needed effort; it is centred on me.

It was one of the best sessions I had in May because it placed me on the spot. I have to be the one. But I had an enemy: my mind. My mind has been the enemy within that reminds me always about the bad words, the stories of my past, and all there is to it. It is my mind that reminds me about all the meanest and negative/positive things I've heard. It's my mind that processes the fears that say it's not possible.

So when I looked in the mirror the next day, I remembered his voice: “Tell yourself good things. I'm beautiful, I'm pretty, I will do this, and that…” The thought of it made me giggle. I smiled and continued to style my hair.

On Monday, we had the chance to be educated by Benjamin Arthur on building positive mindset. He talked about the advantages of having a positive mindset. The brain or the mind, from what I've learned, is the superpower pack. Just like how AI has been tailored by its creators not to answer some questions or to go against/above certain parameters, we have to control our minds, too. This is not artificial; it's natural and even has more power.

The importance of exercising our brain and taking charge of it, seeing the positive part of the situation, and being positive. The stated advantages are real and just the opposite of what I go through, it's because my mind hasn't been trained to take charge. I do the positive affirmations yet break down weeks or days after. It's not easy challenging your situation by being positive, but even life is not easy, yet we are living it, right?

That's just it. It's about the mind, and relating it to myself, who is always afraid and let situations get the most of me, I realize I have an enemy within. If not for anything at all, Mr. Asare and Arthur are both living examples of the power of positive mindset. I see what Edward is doing in the media, and I see what Mr. Arthur is doing too, and they are positive thinkers. I can, too. It's not easy, but life itself is not easy.

Here's to the continuous journey in finding strength and a glint of gold in the mud. Because good or bad? Who knows?.

#Theakayachallenge with Edward Asare , Dr Khadija Owusu and Della Adzadi .

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Critical Look said…
There's a unique part of it all... it's malleable
August 7, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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