This was written by another woman - Hope.
I not only found her thoughts to be inspirational in a sense of calm and understanding but also to give hope.
What a blessing are other humans as angels in disguise.
"So you fell over the edge.....you jumped off the steepest of cliffs....you dove head first into a body of water you knew nothing about.....and...you got hurt..... quite badly.
I guess that when you fell over the edge - jumped off that steep cliff --- dove head first into that body of unknown water -that there wasn't anyone around yelling at you to be careful. ( And...if there was.....would you have listened ? )
Maybe the only voice you heard at the time was your own - and you chose to ignore it....drown it out.....turn the volume down .
Perhaps , there was no warning at all about the dangers and damage to come.
Without warning, there was an edge that was just unavoidable ; as a huge crevice caused by an earthquake from which there was no escape....
Perhaps, all at once, the cliff was the only way around another form of impending peril....or maybe, on the worst day of your life, that unknown body of water would have inevitably swallowed you up, as the storm was just too powerful for you to overcome it's fury.
Some things happen purposefully by your actions / decisions....and then again...some things occur because they are intrinsically part of what this life is made of....and also, very much a part of what it is to be a human being.
No matter what the reason these things occur...... if we survive these events, I suppose we do so perhaps because we were...determined.. strong......fortunate maybe...?...or maybe because it was (as many things are )....a necessity,
( including reasons outside of ourselves..... like children perhaps. )
There is one thing though that I think is an important part of survival.... and that is having the will to do so. Thank God, literally, that you've got that !
Even when the edge may be a serious illness...or the cliff might be a problem that seems to have no answer or resolve at all.....or the unknown body of water that engulfs us and tows us under is for us, the suffering of a great loss....
I really think that a person's will to survive has alot to do with how their outcome unfolds.
We have to get our sea legs under us the best that we can...and do so for as long as we can.....and.... in a way that is ours alone.
For yourself...and for all those who are suffering an illness....for those who are having troubles- be they ongoing or ones that have come about unexpectedly...for those who are enduring the pain and ravages of a devastating loss....
I wish for all of us, the will to continue on in the face of hardship.... the strength of our own spirit to accept what life has brought and to fight well what we can...the comfort of those who love us dearly...the brightest Light to guide us with wisdom as we greet each day and face the darkness of night....abundant perseverance; as those who continue to stand- facing their fears .... endless hope; to support that kind perseverance.....and a faith in something greater than ourselves, to keep us humble enough to grasp the concept of imperfection in all human beings....and in life itself.
Somehow.....I think all of those things in synchronicity add to our ability to sustain ourselves as we strive to survive the edges, the cliffs and the depths of the darkest stormy sea .
Pull out all the stops......no holds barred.....use every resource you can to tread water, to keep breathing......to stay in motion....to move forward....to keep hoping....and to sustain yourself, until you find your feet on some good old fashioned, welcoming kind of ground .
You'll know when you've arrived in the vacinity of where you were headed....where you wanted to be...where you needed to be.
Your cells will tell you.
The light will shine more often than not.... and it's warmth will infuse you with new energy. You'll know when renewal is at hand and recovery's process has born it's fruit.
You'll be more able to Focus on Forward
( FOF ) wherever that takes you...instead of signaling SOS.
There is hope......there absolutely is.
Be open to it... and lean on it .
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Wishing better days and nights to everyone who longs for them....
and as always... Peace to your hearts.....
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