Fighting Ghosts
He kept fighting for 29 years
after the war ended.
Hiroo Onoda didn’t believe it was over.
Not the flyers.
Not the voices.
Not the truth right in front of him.
So he stayed in the jungle.
Fighting.
Hiding.
Surviving.
All for something
that had already ended.
That made me think...
I’ve done the same thing.
Not in a jungle.
But in my own life.
Still replaying conversations
that aren’t happening anymore.
Still holding onto things
I should have released.
Still trying to prove something
to people who aren’t even asking.
It feels real while you’re in it.
That’s the danger.
You can stay locked in a fight
long after it stopped mattering.
And no one taps you on the shoulder to tell you.
You just keep going.
I wonder how much energy I’ve spent
fighting things that were already over.
And how different things would feel if I just laid down my weapons.
Tell me, what might you be fighting that isn’t even there anymore?
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