Silent Enemy

I don't know how many times in my life people have reign over me whether it was physically, mentally or especially emotionally. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not an easy push over when it comes to managing my life on most occasions. However, I will do my best to find the path of lest resistance if at all possible.
I grew up in a home where my parents as loving and caring for us as they were, seemed to enjoy the weekly volatile arguments that occurred on Sundays after church. Humm... I think how is it that my father appeared to be such a strong man, yet each week that passed by he always allowed my mom's opinion and position to reign over his.
From earliest of childhood I feared my mother perhaps as much as I loved, but then again, maybe not.
Maybe it was that kind of fear that had become her weapon of control. For as long as I can remember it was that silent enemy, the one that no one else could see that was the driving force in our family's dynamics.
It would be the guiding force that eventually gave me purpose more than anything else to leave home.
Often times we all act like one person while we are actually someone else. It is how we move through life undetected, never revealing our true selves.
Bullying can come in so many forms. It can come in the beginning of childhood forever molding the future path of an individual. It may show up during the teen years as the fire begins to burn brighter and brighter as it finds a way to become a central part of your life, forever. Creeping along as we grow older each day the scars that form from that silent enemy will last a lifetime.
Be aware, be very aware that you're not that silent enemy. Pray that if you are that you can see the damage that it can do and seek help.
If you are not the silent enemy, don't fall prey to it's form. It will consume every ounce of your being until nothing of the real you remains, and that is the worse enemy of it.
Go in peace. Act in peace and let the silent enemy go before it ruins you forever.