Befriend your demons….

“I’m the thing that monsters have nightmares about.” – Buffy Summers

So, for those that know me and also read the post Tv Shows I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of my favorites,

I learned a lot by watching this tv show, but in today’s post I am not talking about the demons and monsters that Buffy fights, I am talking about our each and unique demons, inner demons, and don’t want to fool me, we all have demons, if not now, you had them, or spoiler alert, you will have them.

What are those demons? The ideas, beliefs, habits, experiences that make us freeze, give up, stop trying, or settle because is what we know, and we are used to, because they whisper in our ear that it is what we deserve.

We let those demons grow, we feed them, we make them strong, and when they are well fed we finally notice them, but ohhh no!!!… we can’t fight them, we get down, depressed, stressed, sad, we feel the world hates us…

Many people think that in order to fight those demons, you have to know their root, their reason, and it could work for some, who have the time to go in an inner journey and identify each critical moment that define their actual situation, or you can be a little smart and accept them and become friends with them. Why… well let’s be honest, what is life with out those demons, if you learn from them, you will be a wiser person, a better person, a better friend, you are better than yesterday, and that’s life, the journey to be better.

Don’t forget that if your demons are way too big, and they are kind of Nemesis, or something really heavy… please ask for help to befriend those demons, but remember at the end it is you and only you who must deal and control them.

Ana Baltazar