At the risk of sounding preachy, I contend the following: the Enemy Within is the desire to focus exclusively on your own needs while expecting to be part of a great society.
The pillars of our society are the combination of a free-market economy and selflessness; both need to be in balance if we are to remain strong and work through the challenges we face today. We all need to fight against our enemy within.
In a time where solutions are needed, but not necessarily readily available, it is important to stay true to certain principles and not let the circumstances of the moment guide your decisions. For me, I believe in the words of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and believe they are something we should all consider, if not embrace.
“The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce, but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community. It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods.”
