The Root of Evil by Lauren Lyerla

Prologue:

You know, I never understood evil having roots, but it’s true! The roots of evil run deep, deeper than we could ever imagine, more than just the sins and dislikes of the world. Would you believe we used to know evil when we were babies? We understood that at so young of age of what good and bad was, what evil was somehow, and it all went away when we got older. The world was meant to be light but is filled with dark that we are meant to know the older we get. Depression, anxiety, and pain are all causes of evil that brings the roots closer. I do not understand how evil can get into hearts so fast, so easy. It makes me think how fast the world changes, so many changes I couldn’t believe my eyes. For what it’s worth, it makes people smarter, to not be fooled again. Evil is an awful root, like a weed but without that root in the human body. We would never learn that toxic, rude, and downright mean people make us stronger, no matter how much it hurts, no matter if we want to fight back, we, because of the understanding of evil, have made ourselves to be better and work on ourselves to know the type of person we want to be. Things happen, and we know it’s not always going to be okay, but we, the hope for the better us, for a good life, our choice follow the path you want. I wish you luck to fight your evil, and find the beauty in the good, even if it’s hard for these words to be heard, bad things are going to happen that makes evil be pushed. But I trust in the root of good. Just remember the root of evil is in all of us. Not just the ones who hurt us. Heal, forgive, forget, or change it.