Out of Normal: Dancing with demons...

September 01, 2003

Dancing with demons...

I have been thinking about something for a few days, and it is finally starting to make sense. We spend so many hours of each day fighting and avoiding our demons. Why? I think that I am going to start turning around and grabbing each of them long enough for a dance. Why am I so afraid of them? They are as much a part of me as my hands or feet are.

I don't need to get away to find myself, of go to waldens pond. I am right here in the here and now, no more real in the woods or on a mountain top.

The "Mountain top" is a dream, a sham, even worse, a lie. It is the bill of goods that society has tried to sell us. It is the reason that Anthony Robbins is a multi-millionaire and the reason that people who attend his seminars are so willing to pay the exhorbant prices. Don't get me wrong, he is a wonderful motivator. He isn't, however, the solution.

Everyone out there, grab once of your demons and take it for a spin around the proverbial dancefloor. Get to know it a little better, then find out if you actually want it to be part of your life anymore. If you do, great! Just know the pros and cons of it. If you don't? Curb check.

Posted by Broch at September 1, 2003 09:26 PM

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This is a great truth that people need to learn. I have learned it through sheer necessity, not having the resources to get to the mountain. Now if I could just except wise counsel I'd have it made. Ah, the downfalls of being a stubborn female.

Posted by: cbella at September 2, 2003 03:16 AM

demons are way more fun than monkeys.

Posted by: the mighty jimbo at September 2, 2003 01:15 PM

but none are quite as fun as skeletons.

Posted by: the mighty jimbo at September 2, 2003 01:15 PM

And they keep us good company as well! Demons, monkeys, skeletons, Ive got em all. Take your pick and take a spin!

Posted by: Broch at September 2, 2003 02:37 PM

Demons are a cheep date�. Once I actually took a ballroom dancing class with one of my demons. It was horrible. The demon kept asking the instructor to teach us the chicken dance. It was a total embarrassment. On the bright side I did get a hand job......

Posted by: crutch at September 2, 2003 06:59 PM

the sad part was, the demon always wanted to lead

Posted by: nose at September 3, 2003 07:21 AM

Dance instructors giving hand jobs!?? Man, where's that class at again?

Posted by: wendel at September 3, 2003 06:46 PM

The Silver Bullet

Posted by: Broch at September 3, 2003 09:11 PM

Crutch! Thank you! That is the first belly laugh I have had in a loooooonnnnnnggggg time! ...hand job. What a hoot! You are a blessing to me in this moment... and Broch, such good advice. I needed that also - I had almost forgotten about the "shadow side" - a Jungian philosophy - we all have to embrace and love our shadow sides and learn to take a spin with them - thanks, honey.

Posted by: pam at September 3, 2003 09:47 PM

did you just call crutch "honey"? i think you've been dancing with your dark-side monkey a bit too long. when your monkey gives you a reach around, it's time to get professional help.

Posted by: nose at September 4, 2003 07:57 AM

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