my own worst enemy

Some people like to make things more complicated than they actually are. I am one of those people. Some people do not like to settle for the truth in front of them. I am also one of those people. Some people like to whine about their problems, which continue to be the same since they refuse to accept the truth and make things complicated.
In all of my whining and soul searching and trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-that-conversation-could-mean rants, I've discovered over and over again that Occam's Razor is right: the simplest explanation is most commonly the correct one.
Usually these things become clear after certain intense moments of confusion and doubt where I struggle to get a solid thought in edgewise as my brain and heart spin out of control. Usually, during these times, I make bad decisions.
I wish I could be one of those people who could see the truth and accept it on principle. So many times, I don't want to do that. I want to change it. I want to change me. I want to change someone else. I think things would be a lot less harder if I was capable of looking at the hard answer, the simple answer, the true answer, and living by it.

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
- Winston Churchill

Unless your heart, your soul, and your whole being are behind every decision you make, the words from your mouth will be empty, and each action will be meaningless. Truth and confidence are the roots of happiness.