Monsters
It's interesting, I think, to listen to the way that people talk about supposed 'monsters' that appear on the news. The mother that drowned her children, the postal worker that shot up his place of employment, the students who beat and raped a young girl. All manner of depravity which is shown -- and yet most people will only ever talk about how horrible those people are, how horrible this world is. And so they have the same exact conversations, over and over and over again.
"What a terrible person."
"They better be convicted."
"Bring out the death penalty."
"The world's messed up, isn't it."
"I can't believe people like that exist."
And they wear a path through this mental rut over and over and over again, never stopping to realize what lies underneath. Never stopping to realize that every single person alive is capable of being the most benevolent divinity -- as well as the worst demon imaginable. Every person. Those 'monsters' are no different than you or me or anyone else. They are fundamentally people that have been broken. Not by their families. Not by society. But by the insidious thoughts of their own minds.
There is a war waging, and it is the war within. Those who stop fighting their own demons are bound to become them.
"What a terrible person."
"They better be convicted."
"Bring out the death penalty."
"The world's messed up, isn't it."
"I can't believe people like that exist."
And they wear a path through this mental rut over and over and over again, never stopping to realize what lies underneath. Never stopping to realize that every single person alive is capable of being the most benevolent divinity -- as well as the worst demon imaginable. Every person. Those 'monsters' are no different than you or me or anyone else. They are fundamentally people that have been broken. Not by their families. Not by society. But by the insidious thoughts of their own minds.
There is a war waging, and it is the war within. Those who stop fighting their own demons are bound to become them.