The Dark Side of My Self
We all have that side of our ourselves we want no one else to experience or to see. This is where our fears and insecurities live, where the characteristics of our personality which we're not proud of manifest. Personally, the dark side of my self is also where my desires are rooted in the world and in the flesh and exist outside of the influece of God and his radical love and mercy. This is the side of me that I try to suppress--sometimes with the help of the Holy Spirit, sometimes by myself--because this side of me tends to villainize and almost ruin relationships. This side is immersed in darkness where the focus is solely on me--what I want, what I need, what I feel, and what I think. It transforms how I view relationships and how I act in them and towards others. I recently allowed my dark side to manifest in one of my significant friendships...it's the worst thing that could have happened. I became negative and acted horribly and impatiently. I only cared about w