We do not suffer from the world itself — we suffer from how we see  it. Perception is the quiet battlefield of the soul, where the mind and spirit wrestle for dominion. The mind tells stories to protect us, to make sense of the chaos. But those same stories, when left unexamined, begin to close in like walls. How often do we mistake survival for truth? We cling to our narratives because they make the uncertain familiar. Yet each attachment, no matter how comforting, clouds ou