Life is certainly an interesting trip isn’t it? I guess the way to make it through is to keep seeing it as “interesting” and not get caught up in the drama of it all. We humans seem to so love the drama, it is easy to get sucked in and lose the “big picture” perspective. When I find myself getting too involved in the “drama”, I draw back and try to see what is going on in the grander scheme of my life or the life around me. Is what is happening at the time really that important in the big picture? Is the occurrence just a wonderful gift or lesson wrapped up in what looks like ugly paper?
I think it is easier to see those gifts with the perspective of age, as we gaze back over our lives and review those difficult times and see how they changed us, almost always for the better. One can start to see a pattern arising, that if we pay attention, will help us get through the current crisis. We can draw on the perspective, that we have gotten through other bad times and not only survived but have grown and even thrived. Those dark times are never easy and we can get caught up in wallowing if we aren’t careful. I know I can tend to wallow and I am even very aware that I am doing it and may even say “f…it, I want to wallow for awhile”! Fortunately, I don’t usually do it for long as I get bored and find myself wanting to move onward.
I know being able to “move onward” isn’t always that easy for others and one can get stuck for long periods of time in the “darkness”. I think it is important that we have some kind of lifeline that we can grab onto which will help us climb out of those dark places. For some it may be their religion or a spiritual practice that can help, for others it is family, friends, children, something they care deeply about that can help them see the light at the end of the tunnel. For me it has always been my animals and nature. I don’t know how I would have survived my lonely childhood without them or gotten through countless other dark times. My animals are always there for me, always seeming to understand when I am down. My dogs will lay their head on my knee and look at me with soulful eyes, or lie by my feet, or do something silly and make me laugh. My cats may perch beside me on the couch or lie on my lap purring my blues away. Or, I need only to take a walk in nature to have my soul soothed and uplifted. The sound of the wind in the trees, the songs of the birds, the bubbling of the creek, the fresh smell of the earth in springtime or the almost comforting smell of the decaying leaves in the Fall as mother nature is putting things to sleep for the winter, bring me comfort and peace.
What soothes you in your times of darkness? Has it always been the same thing or has it changed as you age? My hope is that each of you has something “holy” in your life that sustains you when “life throws you curve balls”
Until next time…..be wild and fearless!!
Terra Lyn Joy 
I agree whole heartedly with all that you have said here Terra. When life throws me a curveball I typically spend time in the soup of despair ruminating for a while. I turn to friends, family, healers, and as you said being out in nature and with my pets can feel supportive and help to put things in perspective. What lifts me up the highest is to remember who I am beyond this human form. We are so much more than these “drama’s” that captivate us. Remembering that we as Spirits have carefully crafted these experiences as our life’s curriculum. Looking at the “big picture” is my salvation. Remembering that even if things don’t feel comfortable or don’t “appear” to be going in a direction that feels good to us on the surface, all is perfect and in direct alignment with our divine intention.
I think it’s important for all of us to have those times when we “wallow”. I think it is time well spent if you can do it consciously and not get stuck there, being aware that the wallowing can be a place to discover the darkness within, gaining more understanding of ourselves. Only then can you find your way out of the darkness and into the light. xoxo Kara Hope
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