Out of the Dark

I think some of our greatest revelations are hidden in our darkest days. That idea used to fire me up. Mostly because I was suffering, and I was expected and pressured to find a silver lining when I just wanted to stay down. I was deliberately denying what I already knew - that this ugliness was a part of my plan all along. I just wish someone would’ve told it to me straight. I have come to find that it’s more than just a light bulb moment. That those moments are actually darker than the glossed over stories we’ve been told. It’s more than just listening to the whispering of your soul. It’s uncovering. It’s removing layers of an old belief system that no longer serves you. It’s days without motivation. It’s grieving old parts of ourselves. Several deaths of who we used to be in order to step into who we need to be. There’s so much pain, but no one says what that pain really looks like. I’m not sure if it’s the fear of acknowledgement, of embarrassment, or of privacy that people shy away from the true stories of their souls, but I’d like to open it up for conversation. It’s time we stop sweeping. It’s time we stop hiding. It’s time to step into the light, and move out of the dark.