You’re Not Alone

It is like a dream, you are in a dark endless hallway hoping to reach the end. No light and no sound except for you breathing and the fall of your feet on the floor. Your heart is pounding, your mind is racing and your fear is rising, yet you continue to walk thinking that if you just keep moving you will get to the light and you will be OK. The only thing is the hallway is really just a tough place your life has taken you and the darkness is actually the thoughts you are thinking and the untruths that you believe about yourself.

Know this, you're not alone. This darkness is not quantified, you cannot decide your darkness is less than another's and you cannot assume that it is more. It is your darkness and the pain is your pain and at the same time the walk is yours to make. Regardless the path is worn from the many that have walked in similar shoes.

Still, you're not alone. Those that love you cannot walk the path with you. It is your trial and you must move through it to move past it, but we are there with love in our hearts. Sometimes you cannot see us and sometimes you will think we do not care, but the only way to shed this darkness and move past this is to go it alone. The person that emerges in the end will be like a phoenix and a force to be reckoned with. I already see signs of the fiery feathers bursting forth and they are beautiful to behold.

Think of the joy when this time of darkness passes (and it will). Think of the lessons you have learned, both about yourself and about people. Believe that you are more than what this time has led you to believe about yourself and never and (I mean this) NEVER think you're alone.

You are in a dark endless hallway but you will come out of it. You have the power and in the words of Glenda the good witch from The Wizard of Oz "You have always had the power". Your heart is pounding, your mind is racing and your fear is rising, but this energy will propel you forward. Believe you are strong, believe that you are loved and know without a doubt you are not alone.