“The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.” – Edgar Allan Poe

From “The Human Condition: A User’s ,” by Arnold Kunst

6 February

If you and I have but eyes to see we will realize all of the following:

We are, all of us, plagued by personal demons at 3 AM [of course, yours and mine are distinctive, but then so are our retina scans]. Those personal demons need confronting, head-on. I think the of confrontation should include the need to invite them in for a cup of . After all, they’re not nearly as terrifying as you give them credit for. [No thing we fear ever is.]

Since demons are used to activating fear in their victims, they’ll be blindsided by the respect implied in that offer of a cup of coffee. Blindsided, and dissolved [think of the Wicked Witch of the West encountering a simple bucket of water].