What Can We Learn From Robin Williams?

Link to YouTube video (Just in case the plugin doesn't work)  I am sooooo distraught and horrified at the thought of any person taking their own life!!!  I don't personally have problems with suicidal thoughts but I have walked through life with friends who do and it is very sad...but, I have developed some opinions concerning this topic that I want to share... I know everyone has a different way of looking at things but sometimes it helps to see it from a different angle.

I heard a reporter mention that Robin Williams did not hide his demons from his fans.  This haunted my mind for a few days...does the reporter believe he was fighting real demons or does she just use it as a metaphor?  Then I thought, "Well who cares what the reporter thinks!  What do you think?"

This is what I think....demons are real.  They are an evil presence that can not be seen by the natural eye (most of the time anyway), but they have a way of entering our thoughts.  Even though I do not personally fight the suicide demon, I struggle with others, like fear and insecurity.  I have come to the conclusion that since we are all created to be unique, we must learn to fight off this kind of evil in a way that suits us.  Something that works for me may not work for you and vice versa.

With that said, I still think we need to always continue to find solutions to these problems and never give up trying.  We can learn from each other.  So even though you may not agree completely with me, I encourage you to hear me out and take away from this post whatever portion speaks to you and ignore what you don't agree with.

I do believe in a lifestyle of positive thinking and speaking, but I do not believe that is the end solution to every demon that tries to keep us from the life God planned for us.  Positive thinking and speaking, when done every day, all day, as a lifestyle helps to build strength for real battles.  Sometimes we must fight!  I mean get down and dirty with those beings.. Yell at them and tell them to get out of our life!!!  I know that if you are a believer in Jesus, you have the authority to command them to leave you alone.  That is a pretty deep topic but suicide is not any fun and needs desperate measures.  I have studied some demonology and I don't want to get into it all right now, but if you are struggling with demons of suicide, I encourage you to explore the possibility that their may be a real evil being trying to get you away from the awesome person you are!!!

I encourage you to find out who God created you to be and realize how important you are.  You are a gift to the people around you and if for some reason this doesn't seem to be the case with you, then maybe you aren't living the life intended for you......Maybe it is time to make some changes....I don't care who you are, what you have done or any mistakes you have made in the past, you are special and you have a purpose.  You are here on this earth for a purpose and I encourage you to find that purpose and fulfill your destiny.

I hope you find the manner that suits you to fight off evil that plagues all of us.   God bless Robin Williams for fighting so many years with evil.  Even though it looks like evil won in the end, it didn't, because we have hours and hours of Robin Williams bringing us laughter and joy and fun still available to us.  So I encourage you to focus on his life and how he touched so many people and don't give that stupid evil force attention.

I get my inspiration from Bob Petersen and Joel Osteen and the Bible, so if you need a place to start, that is what I recommend.  I have placed links to their free sermons to the left of every page on this blog because they help me to be all I can be.


Love ya,
Sonia Rai