It is up to you how you will respond to your situation. What we need to do is to face those monsters with courage and fighting spirit. We don’t have to fistfight the monster in us. Keep your fighting spirit because it is better to fight that monster rather than quietly devoured by it.įighting taught me to tame the monster inside me without a fight. Darkness resides within our hearts, do not let it consume you. It is your battle, and you have to win it. Try to put a good fight to your demon and win. You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists. Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured? Friedrich Nietzsche And it is there that we must do our work. For all darkness in the world stems from the darkness in the heart. Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. Once you know the monster in your head, it will be easy for you to handle it. Recognizing the monster is the first step we need for us to fight the demon that dwells inside our bodies. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul, and explore it. It is our life, and they are just challenges that we can overcome. We show some fighting spirit that we can live this life according to what we want to be. We don’t want them to lead and dictate our lives. But, trusting ourselves that we can fight the demons in us is the best thing we can do. They might show us how scary they are, but that’s how it works, those are monsters. We create them, so we should be the ones who will fight them. Being ignorant about those demons will send you to destruction and failure. We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves. Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection. Those quotes listed above tell us that the monsters are real. And you can see it to the other people too, they carry around their own monsters. The demon lives in us, and it is in our heads. The scariest part is that if we don’t recognize it. It can hurt you and destroy your life if you let it win. Richard PryorĪ monster indeed lives in us. Rick RiordanĮveryone carries around his own monsters. The real world is where the monsters are. The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls. Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. Further, here is the compilation of quotes related to the monsters within us. It brings negativity to our lives.Īll I can think of right now is that don’t let it consume you, or else you will suffer. Frequently it comes across as fear, complacency, procrastination, and even depression. It could appear in the form of a bad habit or any self-destructive behavior. Those monsters come in many manifestations. These monsters may not have their physical form, but they can ruin us, for they feed on our fears and weaknesses. We are fighting those monsters all this time.įew of us recognize that there is a monster that lives within us. Imagine we are battling the demons living in us. It is true, and at the same time horrifying. The demon that I am talking about is the kind of monsters that dwell in our hearts, mind, and soul. “Give me short-term gratification, or I will make your life miserable!” Frightening right? If you try to picture it out, it is you versus the monster inside you. Now, it is a more frighteningly good metaphor if you try to expand your understanding more. I recently learned that the phrase “trick or treat” is short for “Give me a treat, or I will play a trick on you.” Does it ring a bell? That’s a threat. They are not hiding under our beds or inside our closets. They are different from those bedtime stories. And now, we are grownups, and have matured enough to discover that those monsters are not the kind of monsters we knew as a kid. We always hear different kinds of stories about monsters, that every time someone says the word “monster” we easily get terrified. We imagine that they hide in places like under our beds or inside our closets. We think that the monsters are huge, and they can devour someone. When we were kids, we feared monsters because we believed that they were hideous and evil. Monsters come in different forms, and it lives on people’s mind, heart, and soul. Have you ever wondered about monsters? Have you seen one? Or, shall we say, have you recognized the demon that lives within us? I think you could have a lot of fun talking about scary things, but how about in real life.
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