Are You Fighting a War Already Lost? (Monday Moment ep. 433)

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John O'Leary

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🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

When we’ve experienced the sharp disappointment of being let down by others, when is the right time to accept what happened, embrace what is and move forward into what could be? Although debating exactly how long holding onto righteous anger is understandable, the example of Hiroo Onoda demonstrates the dangers of clutching it for too long.

What do we do with the sharp disappointment of being let down by others? When is the right time to accept what happened? And when is it appropriate to embrace what is and move forward into what could be?

It’s certainly easy to identify the ludicrous foolishness of a Japanese soldier fighting decades after the war had ended. It’s far more difficult, far more important and ultimately far more liberating to acknowledge there are battles in our own lives we no longer need to wage.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary Monday Morning
0:16.7	Moments.
0:17.8	I record these so that you and I can start our days and our weeks in awe and on fire
0:24.2	with a burst of inspiration. And today we're going to talk about surrendering the battle
0:29.0	and winning the war. When we've experienced a sharp disappointment of being let down by others,
0:36.2	when is the right time to accept what happened, embrace what is, and move forward into what could
0:41.9	be?
0:43.3	Although debating exactly how long holding on to righteous anger is understandable, the example
0:49.6	of Hiro Onoda demonstrates the dangers of clutching it for too long.
0:55.3	Let me share more.
0:56.9	Hiro Onoda was born into a Japanese military family in 1920.
1:03.1	With World War II raging at age 18, he enlisted to fight for the Imperial Japanese Army infantry.
1:10.5	Becoming a commando, in 1944, he was sent to the island of LeBang in the Philippines in order
1:16.9	to take defensive position to not surrender and to fight until the end of the war.
1:23.7	The following year in February of 1945, American Marines landed on the island.
1:29.5	They swiftly defeated the Japanese, and they accepted the surrender of most of the surviving Japanese fighters.
1:36.8	Most, but not all.
1:40.3	Anoda and three others refused to surrender.
1:50.7	They retreated higher into the mountains, deeper into the jungle, and awaited reinforcements to continue the fight.
2:01.0	Seven months later, Japan officially surrendered to the United States, and the war was over. The agony of war finally ended.
2:05.5	A rebuilding process began for Japan and for the entire world,
2:09.9	except for four Japanese soldiers on LeBang Island.
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