The Monsters We Defy

by Leslye Penelope

God made us all in four parts: soul, body, spirit, and destiny. The soul is the divine spark; every creature She created has one. The body is the soul’s home, the animated clay, some might say. The spirit is the independent essence—if the soul is the part of you that’s connected to God, the spirit is the part of you that’s all your own. And finally, the destiny—God’s expectation. While everything that breathes and eats and shits gets the first three, the last is only for humans. No rat, dog, bird, or even Enigma gets a destiny; it’s what sets men apart.