Linger in the Dark
Growth happens in the dark. A lot of growth happens in the dark. Plant life and trees drive their roots deep in the darkness of the soil to find life-teeming nutrients and death-decaying elements all blended to foster life.
Darkness before Light
One of my favorite days of the year is the winter solstice in mid-December. For those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the darkest night of the year. It is the time when the earth is at the deepest length and turn toward darkness, and away from the sun’s light. This reach is as far as we go into the space of nothingness, into the depths of the unknown. I love this day because I know that the next rotation of the earth begins the long journey again toward the light. Insights will once again emerge into the daylight of understanding. Growth continues in that cyclic journey from the darkness to the light and back again.
There is a vastness of the unknown within the depths and shades of darkness that is beyond our comprehension. The challenge is not to fear the unknown, but rather, to embrace this stark and deep quietude with a willingness to let go. It takes courage to surrender to the transformative process of change that happens across the landscape of unlit stillness. We wait for insight amidst the swirl of uncertainty. We need both the darkness and the light for growth to happen.
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