I wish I had something informative to write on this day that most people would find useful and be able to immediately put to use in their life. I do not for this post. What I have is information that you may not want to read. Information better left to others and other places and times. Today, this is something I am thinking about, and I think everyone should think about it too if they profess some concept of good verses evil or right verses wrong balance in the world.

I was watching a movie the other day, “Fallen“, about a demon and a Police Officer. Since then this dilemma thought has been nagging at me. Someone you know or come in contact with on a frequent basis is being deceived and tormented by what we have named Demons. What they really are, we really do not know. What their purpose really is we do not know either. But they exist, as surely as you and I exist.

I always receive affirmations they exist when I write a post such as this one. My typing becomes riddled with more than the usual mistakes, and almost every sentence has either misspellings or a grammatical errors on a higher level than my usual than my usual grade school level grammar. I do not like writing about this topic. I would rather write about something fun, and enjoyable. Those beings we named Demons would prefer I type out a nice post about the wonders of hot dog casserole, planting bulbs in the garden, or some other happy silly subject.

Some subjects prefer to be left unsaid and unwritten. They prefer an out of sight, out of mind existence. If no one thinks about them or discusses them, they have free reign to do what they want, whatever that is. I am not, some crazed Thumper who can’t take their focus off the worst life has to offer, and the eternity that follows. In the circle my life is on, I have seen the best and worst of life. I know my life circle is not too much different than yours.

What brought me to write about his is I know someone who’s whole life has been twisted warped by what we call a demon. Their focus, their day, their reason for existence has been twisted into something any normal person would never want to see. For this person, their whole waking day, day after day, is looking and waiting for something horrible beyond imagination, and they want it to happen.

Whether there is only one demon, or their is the unnamed horde of demons running this person’s life, is really not important. The situation is, this is happening to someone I know, and it is probably happening to someone you know too.

It started I am sure, with the most worthy intentions. Over time, those most worthy of intentions have been slanted, restructured, and refocused. To state it simply, over a long period of time, one persons focus has changed from wholesome and honorable to something less. Skipping over the detestable interim they believe there is goodness at the end of it all. How long the transition lasts is another matter, another way of measuring what we refer to as time.

I have seen people like this before, as you have too, if you choose to remember. In a split second their visage changes, and they do something wrong, totally out of character. Once the deed is done, their expression changes back instantly. I have never asked, but I always wonder when it happens. I want to ask, do you know what you just did or tried to do? Did you mean to do that?

A very cautious driver looks you in the eye and swerves into your lane, runs a stop sign or red light, or cuts you off. Someone says something cutting, or breaks something. Someone says something distasteful, who normally would never utter the like. People commit these totally irrational acts, and are nonplussed over them. I have to wonder if they realize what happened, and did they do it, or did they lose control for an instant, and the act was done by something else?

I do not want turn this into a scary tale about the Bogey Man, or make you think your soul is in jeopardy. I do wonder however if you are aware of the occasional odd happenings around you? People doing something out of character, saying or doing something that is not like them. In one instant, are you aware of them and how they look. It happens so fast, I think most people, including the people who are the doers do not even notice.

Noticing takes awareness. It takes knowing that what you think you are seeing, the everyday things that happen during your day which you think you see, may not really be what is going on. Knowing that not everything is an accident. Life can becomes so trivial, so mundane that we see what we expect to see and nothing else. We do not see as the movie, ‘Men in Black’ portray during a scene of what passes for late night characters in a big city. We see what we expect to see.

As you go through your day watch your world unfold with new eyes. Pretend everything you see, from being stuck in traffic, to conversation, to how people act, and then it changes. It changes so quickly, if you were not looking for it, you do not see it. You will be surprised over what is really happening when you really look. It may scare you, the extent happenings you never noticed until you look for them. People willfully trying to do harm, and in an instant, it is over, as if it never happened.

Whatever they are, whether we choose to call them Demons,  or give them another name, they are all around us. They are always looking for someone new to get close to and maybe into. They are looking for someone new, someone like you or I. Someone to change and torment.

Don’t expect the Bogey man to jump out of a dark corner at you. Don’t expect an attack from some winged creature as you are wait for the bus,  or someone hiding by your car on a dark night. Don’t expect your bed to start shaking as you try to sleep. For the most part, those are stories and ideas meant to scare the already scared. Instead, look for things happening that are much more subtle, things that happen instantly, and then are gone. as if they never happened.

Be aware. Be aware of your thoughts and actions. Make sure the thoughts you have are your thoughts, and not injected thoughts you normally would never think. Be aware of the sudden impulsive urge to do something you would never normally do. We live a life measured in decades. Demons or whatever you choose to call them seem to have all the time in the world, and at times, patience to match.

You are the owner of your house, and no one else has access to it unless it is okay with you. Saying no, and meaning it, and demanding ‘It’ get away from you is all that is needed to protect you. Steeling yourself, and wrapping yourself in prayer does not hurt, if you feel the need. Anything else is added drama that has no real effect other than entertainment value, though you are providing the entertainment, not watching and enjoying the drama.