"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 thought that light was something by the name of resilience. What I didn't know was that the light was really joy. How could joy exist in this extraordinarily dark moment? How could joy be present in this awful and terrible time?
It's hard to forget what that moment felt like. Everything was completely black, the darkest black you could ever imagine. I don't know if you've ever seen a table that has been lacquered thousands upon thousands of times, but the blackness seems to be endless. This time in my life felt exactly like one of those tables and I didn't really understand how light and dark could both exist at the same time.
However, there had been the presence of light. The only issue was, I wasn't attempting to find it.
The idea of even going back to this place of darkness to explore what is there isn't very comforting. That's a place of pain, of sorrow, and of misfortune. But it's also a place where I could learn a whole lot about life and the lesson I'm supposed to be taught. It's a place where if I bring some light in, I could illuminate all of my fears and see them for what they actually are.
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 are and not just how your scared mind has interpreted them to be. So I'm bringing that light in. I'm bring compassion in. I'm going to light up the place that has rooted itself in fears for such a long time.
It's time to dive in fully.
Lantern in hand.
"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 thought that light was something by the name of resilience. What I didn't know was that the light was really joy. How could joy exist in this extraordinarily dark moment? How could joy be present in this awful and terrible time?
It's hard to forget what that moment felt like. Everything was completely black, the darkest black you could ever imagine. I don't know if you've ever seen a table that has been lacquered thousands upon thousands of times, but the blackness seems to be endless. This time in my life felt exactly like one of those tables and I didn't really understand how light and dark could both exist at the same time.
However, there had been the presence of light. The only issue was, I wasn't attempting to find it.
The idea of even going back to this place of darkness to explore what is there isn't very comforting. That's a place of pain, of sorrow, and of misfortune. But it's also a place where I could learn a whole lot about life and the lesson I'm supposed to be taught. It's a place where if I bring some light in, I could illuminate all of my fears and see them for what they actually are.
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 are and not just how your scared mind has interpreted them to be. So I'm bringing that light in. I'm bring compassion in. I'm going to light up the place that has rooted itself in fears for such a long time.
It's time to dive in fully.
Lantern in hand.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME Life Coaching and writes daily articles on the journey of life at The Words Of Encouragement Dive into these Letting Go Quotes for more inspiration in letting go and healing the past.
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