Riding Out the Storm.....

I said to my soul, be still, and wait...So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
T.S. Eliot

I've had several visits with friends in the past few days.  As someone who often "feels" the energy of others, it has been a weird week.  It seems everyone I have come across is in the midst of some kind of "darkness".  I feel a hallowing sadness--not an emptiness--but almost a hopelessness in their being.

I touch them and try to offer a bit of my own energy to refresh them---they have given me plenty over the years and have sustained me when I wasn't sure how I'd make it.

There is a part of me--that part that feels the heaviness on my shoulders---that wants to fix it--make a decision--move away the pain--even though in most cases--there is absolutely nothing that I can do to make the pain go away.  I don't have a

band aid big enough to cover anything like that..

and I have learned by my own journey....

living through the pain

will eventually leads us back to the light

where Joy returns when it is least expected.

It seems there is a bit of stormy weather on the horizons.  The waves are rushing over my friends boats.  I sense their fear, their uncertainty, their sadness.  I stand behind them holding them in my heart and my prayers to the Creator beckon them forward.

I walk ahead of them when they can't get through the fog, holding their hand and pull them forward.

Some days....I just sit in the darkness with them

and

hold hope in a place

they don't recognize anymore.

There is nothing I can do to change their situations....

but

what I can do

is ride out the storm,

throw a life vest or two,

and

distract them enough that they don't decide to jump overboard.

I whisper my prayer to the Universe on their behalf this morning

and

hold out

the truth of life that

I've come to believe in....

there is no need to be afraid...

no need to panic as the lightening crashes and the waves begin to fall.

Some great teacher once said over and over again...

:Do not be afraid....Do not be afraid....Do not be afraid..."

often easier said than done but try it.

From my own experience...

the waves rush over,

bruise my soul at times,

but

at the end of the storm....

we often see the sun

and

over the horizon

the brilliance of the rainbow

leads us

to a new horizon.

To all who are heavy this morning....

hold tight...

there is light in the darkness,

calm in the storm,

rest for the weary,

and

the promise of a rainbow in the sky.

Just keep riding....

Happy Tuesday Morning...

hugs and blessings..