March Scribe - 3.3.2008

Light in the darkness

In the stillness of the early morning I sit to write with the moon guiding, supporting and giving me strength I begin...

How does one find the stillness in every day?
How does one gain wisdom and insight without the ever constant delving into the shadows?
How does one grow and evolve if life only ever presents the light and not the darkness?
The answer is simply...one doesn't.

Life often serves up curve balls. You know the ones. They come seemingly from nowhere and knock you flat for what can seem like an eternity, however in the scheme of life it really is just a moment. Just a moment when your life is seemingly out of control (your control) and it would seem as if you will never laugh or feel joy within you again. Then, just as quickly as the moment was upon us, the moment passes.

If one is used to questioning the events of their life, one may find themselves provided with answers as to why that needed to happen or they may receive great learning's from experiencing such a thing. If one isn't in the habit of questioning, I guess, they simply move on and life continues to move and shape them as it does. I am one who questions life. I always look for the answers in the situations I find myself in. I always go inwards in search of the meaning.

Sometimes I find, there is no apparent answer. Sometimes I find, I come up empty. My search for 'why' returns me nothing and it is at those times when all I can do is trust. Trust that at some point my life will reveal to me why something came to pass. My life will reveal to me why that experience, that pain, needed to be felt. Trust, yes, that can be a challenge in itself. How can one trust that all is how it is meant to be for the highest good of ones soul when that 'one' doesn't even yet understand why that would be so!

That is where faith steps in. Faith is truly amazing. To have faith when all around you is seemingly crumbling, when all you can see is hardship and challenges. When all you can see is sadness and pain. Faith is the beacon in the darkness. It exists because it does. There is always a light shining, no matter how dark the world has seemingly become. There has to be. Simple as that. There has to be.

One doesn't exist without the other. If you find yourself surround by darkness at this time, this truly amazing time on this planet, then look for that one tiny beacon. Look for that one flicker in the darkness and know there is a way through. There is always a way through, even if all seems lost, if all seems dark. There is always a way through.

Regardless of whether you trust or have faith or ar just seemingly oblivious to what you are drawing into your life at this time as an experience, know that life is made up of opposites. Good. Bad. Hot. Cold. Up. Down. The list goes on. Whatever experience you find yourself in...the opposite to that experience, to that feeling lies waiting in the shadows (or the light). There are always blessings to be had if only we choose to open our heart and let them in.

Know that within every experience, every heartache, every ounce of sadness, the opposite to that is waiting for you to discover it, to embrace it, to let it in so it can grow and become larger in your experience. The more you let in. The more will reveal itself to you and before you know it the light that was only a tiny flicker in the darkness and been replaced by an ever abundant light with only a flicker of darkness (and so the opposite to that is true).

Whenever your life serves you a curve ball, remember to look for the tiny flicker of light in the darkness and let it guide and support you through. And...if you don't have the strength to find the light in your situation, simply walk outside when the night is dark and still and look up into the sky and your light will be there...waiting!

Much love, many blessings Julianne xxx