They said that the greatest trick the devil has ever pulled was convincing the world that he does not exist. I think that is why it is hard to deal with evilness at times. Most evil people do not have a clue that they are evil. Evil doesn't come up like a flashing beacon, it doesn't happen overnight. No, it creeps and it seeps, until gradually one is turned towards the dark side. Evil is in t
he little acts and acts of omission. It is being autocratic in the guise of being principled; of being sly under the facade of being artful. Evil can be charming, it knows how to appease, it knows how to manipulate the naive and appeal to the sympathetic. Often times that is how good succumbs to the wiles of evil-under the pretense of other virtues. Evil dwells on certainties, and by default prey amongst the insecurities. In contrast, the good is comfortable with mysteries, and lives in a world of wonder and possibilities; good is ready to believe in the goodness of others. Yet that very existence allows the good to be always vulnerable to temptation, to straddle upon the verge of careening slowly in the path of the fallen. For devils are naught but fallen angels.
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