Legion

 Someplace in the Bible there is a story about this crazy person who is called “Legion,” because he has many devils in him.  Well maybe a few of us are “Legion.”  We try to be someone(s) we are not.  When you find yourself going to an event that is not really you, because you give in to some outside social pressure, you may try to “put on a face.”  You ask, “How am I suppose to be at this event?”  So you act like someone you are not.  This is one of your personas.  Again, there may be an event that speaks to who your really are, but you are in a bad mood and don’t want to go. But you go and are whiny, gossipy, opinionated  and sort of nasty.  That is not the real you.  So we all have our devils and when they rule we are as crazy as the guy in the Bible.  I need a spiritual practice to sort all this out so that I don’t go where I don’t belong or go with an “attitude.”  It works more often than not.  It is an ongoing effort.