Carl von Clausewitz wrote that "War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will." He has stated the obvious and apparent truth. But what happens, then, when we are our own enemy? What happens when one must compel upon himself his own will?

"The self is not something one finds; it is something one creates," wrote Thomas Szasz.

I have created myself, yes, but it is not me. Constantly I am at war against my own mind. I want to do so much, but it is a fight. I want to be so much, but it is a battle. I see you, and yet...

Place a hand grenade in the hibachi grill of your mind.