From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” 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, your demons are not the same as mine, but then neither are our retina scans]. Those personal demons need confronting, head-on. I think the process of confrontation should include the need to invite them in for a cup of coffee. After all, they’re not nearly as terrifying as you and I 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 just like the Wicked Witch of the West encountering a simple bucket of water.
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