Out of the Darkness, Into the Love

“If I could tell you anything to save you the time and the lessons in this life, I would tell you to never let anything that happens to you turn you bitter. Don’t let the pain of something that was out of your hands turn you cold, love. Stay soft, as hard as that is sometimes, try. Try with all of your heart to stay tender. I know there’s a lot of things that hurt, take us to our knees and threaten our hearts with a stone cold grudge. Let it go. You can’t change it, but you can choose to not let it change you. Don’t let the pain define you. You are bigger than that. I hope you know. You are never how someone makes you feel. Let it hurt, then let it heal. But don’t linger there. Remember who you are and rise. ~Stephanie B. Henry~

Good afternoon dear ones. I have started and stopped this particular post a few times, trying to figure out the best way to begin. This quote resonates with me on so many levels it’s hard to know what to say. As I think back on my life I realize that I was bitter and angry at what life had thrown at me. So much so I turned my nose up at love. I wanted no part of it because I believed it wanted no part of me. It took years of going inward to discover it hadn’t left at all, it was just hiding in the corner that I shoved it in. I had to remember who I was and rediscover the love of self before I could fully let it back into my life.

I went down into a dark hole for a long time. I shut out everything I could that reminded me of love. Joy and happiness weren’t common in my life for many years. There was a huge hole that I tried to fill with people and things that weren’t good for me, and I landed in a place I never thought I’d get out of. I didn’t like who I was, but I didn’t know how to change. I didn’t see a way out. I couldn’t tell you how it started or what I first heard or read that gave me that first step but I found a foothold that led me to where I am now. I fell down a few times, struggling to find my way to the surface, but I did it. I can’t say I’m completely out of the dark but I am close enough that I see the light. I also have something that I didn’t have then… Help. I have many in my life now that will grab my hand if I need it. They may not be able to pull me out fully, but they can keep me from dropping all the way back down to where I was.

My loves, if you think love abandons you, I can tell you it does not. It is always there and it will truly never leave you. You just have to be willing to listen to it. Despite what you may have been told, real love doesn’t hurt. Real love holds you in warmth and keeps you from drowning. There is a peace that comes over you when love is involved. It is an amazing feeling. Please darlings, be good to yourselves and each other. Never let a day go by without letting those you love know how you feel. Yesterday is past and tomorrow isn’t promised. Live and Love for today. - Live - Laugh - Love - Namaste