Each of us has a terrorist inside, a mad impulse to abandon that which is rightfully ours, to blow ourselves to smithereens.
You cannot outsmart it, for it has hijacked the mind that you use. It believes it is you; you believe you are it.
No peace can be made with it, no compromise—for compromise is the name of its game, step by step to your oblivion.
You cannot even recognize its existence—for that would be your admission that evil has a place in G‑d’s world.
There is only one solution:
If you know what is right, do that.
Do not stop to look backwards—certainly not to negotiate with a terrorist.
Tanya, chapter 28.
All of us must learn to control our own minds by making our own decisions that we know are G dly good ones and not bad ones. If we allow our minds to control us by always doubting what we already decided to do, we’ll be captured by that unknown terrorist who’s putting other ideas into our heads. We haven’t even reached our destination point where we were headed to present that good G dly decision and already we’ve decided to change our decision. Stand tall and firm and put your foot down to those double minded thoughts that try to capture your good thoughts and decisions. You’ve the right to take hold of your G d given right to choose between good and bad.