Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Personal Demons



We hold our personal demons so close and personal it is hard to understand why.  We fear to expose these demons to others because of ridicule or punishment so we hold them deep and allow these demons to fester and eat away at our bodies and souls.  These riders have enormous influence over us and push to deeds that can endanger our very lives and even our souls.  It is not easy to combat these things that have taken up residence inside us and it takes enormous effort to keep them at bay.  I believe we are all born with a demon inside us whispering temptation in our ear, we can either give in to these demons or allow them to choose our fate for us or we can.

I have struggled with my own demon’s my whole life.  Sometimes in vain, other times I am victorious but the battles never end and we have a choice as to whether we will allow these demons to lead us so far down the wrong path there is no turning around.  It is my strong belief the universe never puts more onto our shoulders than we can handle.  We are giving these demons because temptation is a basic human weakness, a weakness we must as a species try to overcome.  It will not be easy but it is necessary.  These demons strengthen our spirits just as proficiently as good deeds do.  By not giving into them we become stronger in mind body and spirit.

Fight these demons, live, be happy.  The meaning of life is one’s search for happiness.  It is the one common thing all life forms strive to attain.  Some religions believe we live on this earth many times as many species, others believe it is a one-time test for the wager of our soul.  Whatever the purpose is of this life on Earth we must understand that above all, it is our life, to do with as we please.  When we go to meet our make can we say that we lived our lives fully in sacrifice to our desires, or in sacrifice to the desires of others?  We must be a little selfish.