A Broken Man Either Beats The Devil Or Becomes One
There’s no neutral ground for a man who’s been shattered.
When you’ve been betrayed, abused, or abandoned, when life has bent you, bloodied you, and left you gasping for meaning, you don’t walk away untouched.
You either go to war with the pain, or you infect others with it.
You either confront the hell inside you, or you drag people into it.
No damaged man is at peace.
There is only one who chooses to rebuild, and one who doesn’t.
The man who beats the devil doesn’t do it by pretending the darkness isn’t there. He doesn’t mask his wounds with distractions or drown them in vice. He stares into the abyss, claws his way through it, and comes out forged. Maybe he is scarred, but he becomes free.
The man who becomes the devil justifies his cruelty. He calls his abuse “discipline,” his control “love,” his bitterness “wisdom,” and his jealousy “loyalty.” He becomes the tyrant he once feared, the father he hated, or the predator who once hunted him.
He becomes what once broke him, and now he breaks others.
“FEAR is the tool of a man-made devil.”
― Napoleon Hill
Every damaged man stands at a crossroads.
One path is brutal, the other is easy.
One path leads to redemption, the other to ruin.
Nobody’s coming to save you.
You either kill the devil inside you, or you become the devil someone else has to survive.
