The title of this entry is "Saved by the J.L.A.?", and I'm sure someone reading that would wonder what was going on with me lately. I can see someone saying, "Geez, Dorothy. A couple of days ago you were talking about being rescued by Capt. Kirk from Star trek, and now you're saying a bunch of comic-book superheros saved you?"
But hang with me, it'll make sense.
See, I have been really struggling lately because I accidentally opened a mental door to one of the more dark areas in my brain, and seeing the amount of toxic sludge I have built up made me feel ill.
It was bad enough that I seriously considered figuring out a way of withdrawing from society, finding some isolated spot far away from anybody, and living the rest of my life there just so I would never hurt anyone.
Or doing something even more permanent.
But last night, I was reading a novelization of an adventure of the Justice League of America, and something occurred to me. What makes the characters in the comic heroes isn't just the fact they have super-powers. Its a choice they make, a choice to do the right thing, to choose light over darkness, even when its not easy.
And that's a choice you don't need super-powers to make.
Even I can make it.
So I chose the light, and rejected the darkness inside of me.
And believe it or not, making that choice worked.
I'm free of the evil I carry inside me, at least for the moment.
We'll just have to see how long it lasts ..