Demons...........................

We all have them. Call them what you will.......weaknesses, character flaws, whatever. They are demons that if allowed, will ruin your minutes, days, months and years. They are niggling thoughts, jealousies, hatefulness. They can be brought to their knees, and disappear, but I'm telling you, they are never permanently gone. Do I sound sinister? I hope you don't take this blog that way. I hope you take it as just a few sentences of reality. You, nor anybody else you know, is completely free of these things. Everyday is a new day. Everyday you have the choice of a new attitude. Everyday you are equipped to fight off your particular demons. We are all strong, But from time to time, everybody faces moments of letting guards down, allowing emotions to creep into our hearts that are hurtful to others as well as to ourselves. We, as humans, are frail if we stand unaware. First step....recognize your own demons, second step, begin the fight......daily. Don't worry about your neighbor's demons......you can't control them. When we stand strong in our own presence, when we embrace the bad of life with the good, when we keep our faith, our strength and our fight, then and only then, do we control our demons. Bad things will happen.....out of the blue or expected, this life is not a bed of daisies.....it IS the proverbial bed or roses with the beauty of the flower, but also the thorns. Use those thorns to learn and grow. Then clip them off and concentrate on the flower unfolding. You are given this moment in time to enjoy and produce your own garden. Don't entangle yourself with thorns, instead fight whatever might slowly be creeping in your garden to kill your flowers. Tend your garden of life well. Then you will control your demons.