“Conqueror Within”

“Conqueror Within”

By: Cherry Mae Arambulo

               How could you conquer the world if you can’t conquer yourself first? I do believe that every one of us has a battle happening deep within us. For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. Before you dream big into conquering the world, why don’t you first win the battle inside you? A man could be successful if he knew his own fears and strengths. Why? Because if you know your strengths and weaknesses you know you could take advantage and where you should improve. You know what type of battlefield you could win, where you will stand and where to back down.

               But to be a true conqueror, you must win the battle within you. It is like in the quote “It is better to conquer yourself that to win a thousand battles”. Because if you win against yourself you could be a ruler of your own self, you could be freed from your own doubts about your skills and abilities. It is the greatest feeling you could ever had. Where in you gain confidence and courage to do anything that you would encounter.

               Though I’m not saying that everyone should swim with sharks, but sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow in order to learn something that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Let’s admit it, when people experience what they thought the craziest and scariest moment in their life, sometimes it converted into something memorable.

               So if you want to conquer your fear, don’t just sit home and think about it. You should go out and get busy. Believe in yourself that you could take challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anything or even anyone bring you down. You got to keep going. Keep fighting until you became the winner of yourself.

“Conquer yourself not the world”

-          Rene Descartes