The other night, I was walking out of the darkness, into the light ahead... literally.. As a group, we went up Spring Haven up Hobble Creek. When we got out of the truck, we were walking up to the house, and I said aloud, "Its hard to walk out of the darkness, where you can see ok, into the light when it's blinding."
Uh...
Can ya see where this is gonna go?
It's the same thing with our lives. We can do ok in the dark, not the pitch dark, but the dark like a night with a half moon, or full moon, muddling around. We can see the major obstacles in our paths. We can see the huge rock, the stream bubbling along, the man dug hole... etc. etc. etc.
But we don't see the cougar, sneaking behind us, silently. We don't see the rock that causes us to fall and hurt our ankles. We don't see the colors around us, leaving us in a place of grays and blacks.
When we realize that we're pretty miserable in the dark, we look up. We see the light shining ahead... We know that there, the colors will pop, the cougar will be more visible, and the rock we can jump over.
But as we start walking over, the light becomes brighter and brighter. And while we can see the end in sight, we sometimes still stumble over those rocks, slip into the bubbling stream, and almost walk into the man dug hole.
Where we feel as though we are better off... where we are more comfortable... where we can "see better" when in all reality, we can't.
I'm hoping that this walking, straight into the brightness will be easier than it feels...
I used to love the darkness
But the sun is my new best friend
As soon as I embraced him
He put my misery to an end.
~Abbe Yeux-verdi
I know my posts aren't the most uplifting for everyone... but I promise tomorrow, there'll be something more fun to go on...
"if you're lost, you can look, and you will find me, time after time."
3 comments:
Cora I wish I had your talent to write. I love to express myself but I have some ASL thinking going on while I try to write.
I am glad you like being in the light. Its alot better that way. Also you know that Seth and I went to the Spring Haven place. I love that place lots of fun and good memories. Also Just FYI since I know you love it that when we were up there we were seperated into groups and Seth and I were in different rooms and when we were done I went and swung on a swing and my Bishops wife said to seth "Is that not the most beautiful thing?" Seth thinking she was talking about the sunset he said "Yeah I love those" and she said "NO that beautiful girl on that swing out there" Aw so sweet. Anyways great post.
I dunno if i have a talent or not at writing... i just want to be able to express myself... and this is how i do it... it just comes... as is... thanks!
Thanks, this was a welcome paradigm shift.
I tend to lurk in darkness, because it is comfortable. Also, the path toward the light seems to get longer with every step I take.
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