I’ve Seen the Devil
I’ve finally figured it out. I think I know now who the devil is. And it’s not some scary red person with glowing eyes and horns. It’s satisfaction. The devil let’s you be satisfied with things, and then you stop. That’s when the world catches up with you, passes you. Because you are satisfied with what you have, where you are, who you are, and quit. You quit trying to become better. You quit striving to make your world a better place because you are satisfied with it. With you. Now there’s nothing wrong with being happy. And not wanting for more is a noble thing. But, when you are not on the path to make yourself better, and everything around you better, you fall into a trap. And this trap starts out in a happy place, the devil makes sure of that. Before long though, it grabs you and holds you there. It’s still not unpleasant, but you’re just staying in one place, idling. It tightens more and more, but you can barely feel it, and then one day you wake up and realize you are stuck. It’s too late to get out, and it’s too far gone to recover. You waited too long. And now, you’re just holding on. Hoping you can outlast what’s coming for you. Because, the devil never stops moving, you did. He’s laughing right at you because he’s fooled you into believing in yourself instead of who you could become. And you never realized it.
So, I guess the way to beat the devil, the satisfaction, is to strive to ever improve. The perfect whatever is never too perfect to not make better. Be a better person. Work to make your world better. Help make others better. Never, EVER settle. Improvement scares the devil out of satisfaction.