Darkness
Think positive they say. Look at the bright side of things they say. Don’t think negative thoughts they say.
They are totally right when you are overworked and underslept, when you are doing it all with little support or when your child throws a tantrum in the grocery aisle but what do you do when your whole world falls apart, when life throws you into a dark cave and repeatedly turns you upside down and spins you around?
The short answer is You Hold On! You grab ahold of the next minute, the next hour like a climber hanging off the side of a mountain by fingertips. You use all your strength to look into your memories to find a bit of light and you take ahold of that memory and you wrap your arms around you and you let it feed and protect you.
The long answer is that you start right now with whatever mood you are in and you start to prepare for the inevitable dark occurrences that come into each and every life. What are ten joys that you have experienced? Write them down. What are your five favorite songs? Download them. What is your favorite amulet or token? Find it and keep it close. What is your favorite book? Keep a copy at home and a copy at work or in the car. Who can you call when the light dims? Have a small group list on your phone.
Most importantly, ask for a solution. There is a part of you that guides you, that runs your bodily functions without any conscious effort on your part, that produces your creativity, hunches and intuition. It goes by many names, the soul, the spirit, the atman, the higher self, etc. You may call it what you will but most importantly you must learn to connect with it. It is the power and the wealth of your life. It is you.
My grandfather taught me to always fight the darkness, to never give up. I asked him one day “What do you do on a day when there is no darkness?” and he said ” Those are the days you work on gratitude. Nothing scares the darkness as much as gratitude.”
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