You always have a choice and the power of seeing things from multiple perspective to be more compassionate and understanding is a life saver. It allows you to not ASSUME("The devil" lol) and to make logical or rational thoughts reframing your perspective to be more positive, peaceful and insightful. There is rarely fact mostly a series of PERSONAL truths, beliefs, theories, opinions and points of view. Once you recognize that you harness your PERSONAL POWER and awareness that you are a co-creator of your reality aka perspective.