Anais Nin lists her demons as anger, jealousy, envy, revengefulness, and vanity. She keeps them locked up, caged in the Diary. She believes everyone has demons which can destroy you if you don't tame them, control them. You can do harm to others. She lists Gonzalo's demons as jealousy and drink and Henry's as the drive to write, the drive to conquer the world, and a need to possess as many women as possible.
Anais wonders, who is the real Anais, the real Gonzalo, the real Henry? The one she knows, or the one they present to the world? She says we all have a thousand faces.
None of us is perfect; we all have faults and vices. We do well to focus on our positive qualities, encourage ourselves, accept ourselves. It takes courage to overcome life patterns. Many times, we become angry, jealous, envious because we take personally what others say to us when they are angry, jealous, envious themselves. Poisonous words and behaviors spread. Awareness is the first step towards changing our emotional reaction. We can still feel these emotions and seek to understand them. Perhaps we can write out our feelings in our diaries so that we too tame them and control them rather than harming others.
No comments:
Post a Comment