The new year has barely started and the weight already feels crushing. How do we find our way through the dark? When outwards chaos reigns, it's time to turn inwards. Strike a match. Light up a fire.
I often imagined that those who feed out of the power they have by wielding fear over others care for nothing else. That they have a void inside they try to fill up with the elation that this power over others brings. But this void, the very thing that drives them is their own weakness and not sustainable. At one point that fear will birth in those they wish to rule over the opposite effect. There will come a moment when that fear will show the opposition that they have something to protect, something worth fighting for and the tables will turn.
I think you might be right, Alex. I also wish so deeply that some of these people experienced an awakening, some sort of inner shift that opens up another perspective for them, but I'm also consicous this hope is likely naive.
Thank you for sharing and I very much agree about sharing goodness. The other day I was at the hospital for a test for my daughter and I noticed how much people were smiling at her. I ended up taking the long way back to the car through the oncology ward where people just smiled at her, and then at me which I returned. Something so little but perhaps just bringing a bit of goodness in a place where people would rather not be!
Thank you, Alis. A powerful reminder that darkness is just the absence of light, and that we carry in us and in between us the goodness that is available 24/7.
I loved reading this, Alis!
I often imagined that those who feed out of the power they have by wielding fear over others care for nothing else. That they have a void inside they try to fill up with the elation that this power over others brings. But this void, the very thing that drives them is their own weakness and not sustainable. At one point that fear will birth in those they wish to rule over the opposite effect. There will come a moment when that fear will show the opposition that they have something to protect, something worth fighting for and the tables will turn.
I think you might be right, Alex. I also wish so deeply that some of these people experienced an awakening, some sort of inner shift that opens up another perspective for them, but I'm also consicous this hope is likely naive.
A really lovely piece. Thank you for sharing it with us.
So happy it resonated, Shirley!
Thank you for sharing and I very much agree about sharing goodness. The other day I was at the hospital for a test for my daughter and I noticed how much people were smiling at her. I ended up taking the long way back to the car through the oncology ward where people just smiled at her, and then at me which I returned. Something so little but perhaps just bringing a bit of goodness in a place where people would rather not be!
Oh, Leah, that is so so moving! My definition of goodness indeed! ❤️
Thank you, Alis. A powerful reminder that darkness is just the absence of light, and that we carry in us and in between us the goodness that is available 24/7.