It is always darkest before the Dawn

I remember getting up in the wee hours of a summer morning to pile into the car with my family as we headed to visit relatives in a nearby state. I never fully understood the reasoning that dad had for getting up in the ungodly hour, it must have been about 3 am and it was SO dark outside. Why do we want to start a journey in the dark??? 

Maybe because it just "happens to be dark" that we find that there are less cars on the road, less obstacles, and easier to travel with kids having fallen back to sleep in the back seat. 


For our healing journeys, it feels like we "find ourselves" in the dark and yearn for the "light of day" where we feel good about ourselves and others around us. We long for somewhere we do not feel disrespected and abused. Somewhere and with someone with whom we feel valued and loved. 

Ironically or not, I have always loved the night. It is peaceful and serene, for me. It may not be seen that way by everyone until we become aware of the darkness within ourselves and realize our great need to "find ourselves, heal from abuse and learn to dream again".

The "dark night of the soul" is a place that I have found to be a sacred meeting place with our hearts and minds. It allows us the solitude and introspection that we need to do the deep inner healing that we all deserve.

Don't be afraid of the dark...the "dark" within you. Embrace it and take it with you on your healing journey; it is a part of you that needs healing. 

You deserve to "come out of the dark", the dark of confusion and pain. Embrace your truth so that you can begin "Singing a New Song".