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Cracks Allow the Sun







In The Beginning

Growth seems rather
Straightforward and natural.
Reaching generally for the sun,
Adjusting to obstacles and twists in the plot
as needed,
Hopeful and expectant of what seems to be expected.
Occasionally,
Weeding needs to be attended to,
Which is hard work, but feels expected too.

But what of
those unexpected Devastations
that decimate the familiar playing field, 
and render it
littered with the broken pieces of what used to resemble a Life lived...
A tragic situation, A death, A betrayal?

 Slapped with disbelief, mired in pain, unable to see the sun.

But the cracks in our brokenness
Let the sun in at different angles
Shining in different places of our being,
Deeper places
where growth is needed, but as yet
Untouched by the sun.

The playing field is purged, barren, and open.
It begs the opportunity to reexamine and rebuild.
Routines, habits and boundaries that were once accepted and rigid,
Thoughtfully studied
What to keep
What to discard
How to keep growing
Growth becomes conscious choices
Informed and fluid based on experience
to reach directly for the sun.

Now I know how I want to grow. 
It has become lucid choice, not wandering happenstance.
Learn, grow & bloom always
Not stagnate, dry & wither for any reason.
Journey on, and well.





			

			

			
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The Blackness
					
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Dear Diary,


 


That dark, lonely place


We go


Sometimes


Away from life bustle


Away from the love and joy we know


Can be charcoal gray with frayed edges,


Or


The deepest black with no sides or depth.


A cocoon of despair,


We lay engulfed and alone within our mind,


Lost in time and place


Wanting only numbness.


 


We have all felt depressed. Eventually, most of us can gather the fortitude to take our own hand to ascend back into the daylight to continue moving within life’s bustle and accept the love and joy we know exists for us and realize pain is just part of the whole game. Oftentimes, it does take a kind touch or word from someone else to pierce the darkness and coax us back into the realm of positive function. Depression is a universal tourist trap that we all have visited solo in our life travels. However, some people get lost there and cannot fully reemerge onto the highway and shake off the lingering blackness. Be aware of those with such a clinging cloak, look closely through well manufactured facades. It will be their undoing. Perhaps a bit of sun or aid offered will be the salve that is needed to pull them out of the pothole and back on the path. Perhaps it will not be enough. But our eyes should not be blind and our hands tired of trying. And if you find yourself in a seemingly impenetrable state of depression, try turning it on its head by being there for someone else who is struggling. You also must let your loved ones in to help you because, believe me, they do want to keep you. And of course there is always professional help as well.


 


Joan D. Chittister goes so far to say that  “Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.” Depression happens, but it must not be allowed to move in and stay. Use it and then lose it.



		
	

			

			

			
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