You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star - Nietzsche
"Go to the deepest darkest place you can permit yourself to be and see if you can find a little light up in the top right corner?"
Yes, I saw that little light. For years, I was under the impression that light was something called resilience. What I really didn't know was that the light was really joy. How could joy exist in this amazingly dark moment? How could joy be present in this awful and terrible time?
I remember how it felt in that bad moment. Everything was pitch black. The darkest black you might even imagine. If you have ever seen a black table that has been lacquered thousands of times, the depths appear endless. This situation and time in my life was this kind of black and it really was as thick is molasses.
However, there had been the presence of light. The only issue was, I wasn't attempting to find it.
It isn't going to be easy for me to go back to this place. There are lots of things that I have buried deep so nobody could ever find them. Thing is, I knew they were there. They've been there all the time. I truly have been so scared to let them bubble up that I've put on my shoes and run from my past right into the future and have utterly forgotten about the present. That's really no way to live life. That is not how my life will be lived from this point on.
This place, while dark, can be illuminated. Like all dark places, bring a bright enough lantern into it and you can begin to see things as they actually are and not just how your scared mind has interpreted them to be. So I'm bringing that light in.
Into the depths we dive.
"Go to the deepest darkest place you can permit yourself to be and see if you can find a little light up in the top right corner?"
Yes, I saw that little light. For years, I was under the impression that light was something called resilience. What I really didn't know was that the light was really joy. How could joy exist in this amazingly dark moment? How could joy be present in this awful and terrible time?
I remember how it felt in that bad moment. Everything was pitch black. The darkest black you might even imagine. If you have ever seen a black table that has been lacquered thousands of times, the depths appear endless. This situation and time in my life was this kind of black and it really was as thick is molasses.
However, there had been the presence of light. The only issue was, I wasn't attempting to find it.
It isn't going to be easy for me to go back to this place. There are lots of things that I have buried deep so nobody could ever find them. Thing is, I knew they were there. They've been there all the time. I truly have been so scared to let them bubble up that I've put on my shoes and run from my past right into the future and have utterly forgotten about the present. That's really no way to live life. That is not how my life will be lived from this point on.
This place, while dark, can be illuminated. Like all dark places, bring a bright enough lantern into it and you can begin to see things as they actually are and not just how your scared mind has interpreted them to be. So I'm bringing that light in.
Into the depths we dive.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Going through an interesting time in your life and need a good laugh? Dive into these funny life quotes for some awesome perspective.
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