so one of my online friends posted about fighting demons & it really spoke to me...
you know the demons, the ones that come out when you're already feeling down & you're alone & it's late at night...
there have been so many of my friends lately that have been battling inner demons...trying to get through it on their own...to them i just want to say, we all do fight these d*mn demons...and we will make it through it...
i'm like many others, i hate asking for help...thinking i can fight them on my own...thinking i need to fight them on my own...sometimes it's hard to remember that we have friends, hard to remember that when the demons come to fight...and it is hard to remember, sometimes, that it's okay to reach out to one another...hard to know who is real...but, there is hope...there is always light at the end of the tunnel, even when the tunnel seems endless & all that surrounds you is dark...
for me the only option is to fight...i won't be the coward & let the demons win...i can't...having been the one left behind, there is no way i could do that to my friends, my family, the ones i love...i couldn't leave them wondering why or what if...
i have more then once woken to a call from a friend battling these demons...more than once threw on whatever was closest to go be with a friend that reached out...more than once stayed up all night, on the phone or in person, cuz a friend needed someone to be there...i would never not be there when someone reached out if it was within my power to be there...
sometimes we just don't realize that we've stepped off the cliff until it's too late...i always want to be there to put the trampoline in place so we can bounce back up together...or catch & hold a friend close...or just be that shoulder to cry on or ear that will listen...find a way to show (if it's in my power to do so) that there are people that care & even when it may not seem like it things will be okay in the end...
