Some Buddhist Inspiration ... ...

A conventional enemy may harm us, but patience and a refusal to retaliate can bring us benefit both in this life and in the future. However, tolerance towards [our own] hostile disturbing emotions and attempts at peaceful coexistence with them will never bring us any reward. They will do us nothing but harm if we don't take steps to drive them out. No conventional enemy can do us such harm. The most an ordinary enemy can do is to defeat us for a short space of time or destroy us in this life, but the disturbing emotions will insure our misery for many lifetimes to come --- Geshe Sonam Rinchen from 'Eight Verses for Training the Mind: An Oral Teaching'