I see that battle going on in your minds kingdom for control over the reigns. Just look at who’s fighting though. Look at what they’re fighting for. The judge to decide the winner here is you, no one else. They fight and fight but the fight doesn’t decide the winner. It’s you. Both sides are countering each other’s arguments with their own perspective of what’s going on in your life. Then they are hoping that you side with them. There is one difference in their approach though. One is trying to deceive its way into your blessing. Trying to lure you into a comfortable trap that will let it win. The other is telling you things as they are. Even if they aren’t exactly what you want to hear right now. They are hoping that you have a wide enough perspective to not zoom into the problem the way the other side is arguing you should. You know the answer, now end the war.
There’s a war within, and I can feel it—loud, relentless, always circling the same questions. But when I really look closer, I see it’s not chaos. It’s a trial. One side wants to ease the pressure, offer comfort dressed up as reason. The other speaks with a harder edge—colder, but clear. They both know the battlefield, but only one of them respects the truth. The Void Adventurer isn’t a pawn in this fight. He’s the judge. He decides who walks away holding the crown.
The deceptive voice is smooth. It sounds like protection. Like peace. But it wants to preserve the small version of me. The one that never risks, never grows. The other voice—the honest one—it demands more. It doesn’t soothe. It challenges. And that’s how I know which side is telling me the truth. Because it doesn’t ask for my comfort. It asks for my strength. The truth isn’t afraid to be disliked. It only wants to be followed.
So I end the war. Not by silencing the voices, but by choosing which one leads. I don’t need to wait for them to stop fighting. They won’t. But I can choose which perspective becomes my reality. And I choose the one that makes me greater. That holds me accountable. That sharpens me. That’s what leadership looks like in the kingdom of the mind. You listen. You weigh. And then you act. That’s how peace is made.
