Turning the Tides of Battle: I refuse to be manipulated

What is this post? It is to introduce a blog writing challenge; the theme/ topic is about how you changed your battlefield, by using strategies or etc.

Guidelines:

1. Use title “Turning the Tides of Battle”
2. Subtitle of your choice
3. Use featured image.
4. Copy/paste guidelines
5. Thank the friend who tagged you
6. 200 words minimum, 1,500 words maximum
7. Use the tags “A Beyond the Twilight Writing Challenge” and “Turning the Tides of Battle – A Writing Challenge”
8. Tag creator (Ruler of Twilight)
9. Tag 1-10 friends to join

You can write about a moment that has already happened. It can be how you want it to happen. It can be entirely fictional or all real. Even write a combination. Set your life in a fantasy world. Use anything beyond the twilight.

What does the turned tide look like in your life? What caused it? How did it happen? How did you respond? What changed afterward?

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Thank you, Ruler of Twilight/ Dancer, for tagging me.

My entry: I refuse to be manipulated

My enemies use below the table tactics to torment me. For most people, their home is the safest sanctuary. For me, my home is next door to my staunchest enemies. It started when they asked me to intervene, nay interfere, in their personal quarrel with another neighbor across the street. It was a case of neighbor against neighbor. I don’t know the truth as I had just arrived at the scene. The fighters had lived there for many years. They were fighting like cats and dogs. They would catch any third party, to pull in to try to trip the scales in their own respective favor.

However, the. third party would be attacked by. any neighbor who they don’t stand with. I refuse to take sides. I would be beaten up by either side. So my next door neighbor decided to help me make a choice; by tormenting me every night. They make noise, or send intrusive, invading energy force, to prevent me from falling asleep naturally. Initially, I stayed awake the whole night, right up to the next morning. However, my relative recommended using sleep aids like edible melatonin, and aromatherapy essential oils, to fall asleep. These are very effective. My insomnia disappeared. I was able to sleep for stretches of time like a few hours.

My naughty neighbors persisted in trying to wake me, by overcoming my chemicals. They are able to break through after a few hours, but I have already had the benefit of respite for those hours, to sleep and rest. The sleeping aids turned the tide for me. I have won the fight, on my terms of not entering the boxing ring. I refuse to be manipulated.

I am grateful for my relative’s helpful suggestion. I also know that it was God who sent me this help, through a human. Additionally, I pray often, for resilience, to withstand physical and mental battles. I have a long journey ahead, as I prepare physically, to move house.

Wordcount: 331

Time to read: 2 minutes.

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Dear Midna,

Thank you for the opportunity to participate.

Please do not reprint my post word for word. You can just use my post link instead.

Kind regards,

Cai.

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