We all have them. Perhaps some of us just hide them better
than others. Maybe there are those of us out there who mask them with a wide
variety of vices. I can say this with authority, because I am among those who
do precisely that.
Today, many of my own insecurities became unmasked…exposed.
Then again, it was a long time coming for me. I have many of them –
insecurities that is. I have things I keep hidden from the world because I
simply cannot be seen as weak, vulnerable. To me, in my heart, my mind, my
world, that is unacceptable. Being vulnerable, above anything else, scares me
to death. I imagine many of you reading this are the same way.
But aren’t we
all that way?
We wear the mask of confidence, of arrogance even, to keep people
away…because letting people in only means we get hurt. And, somehow, that, above all becomes the one thing that holds the utmost importance to us when it shouldn't. In fact, our vunerablity becomes our strength...even though our vunerablity might be questioned by some...it still remains our greatest, most powerful asset.
We become calloused by this wicked world
No matter how ugly, trepidatious
and challenging your world is, we all become calloused in some way; believing
that we are so inexplicably broken and unchangeable that everyone must merely
accept us for who and what we are, right here, right now. But…must they?
I believe that we all have the personal responsibility to
reach out and bring someone into the light
We are all lost. We are all waiting for the one true thing
that brings us from darkness into light. What (or who) that thing might be, is
always – and will always be – up to us. So what are you waiting for?
Even if you are lost in your own darkness, in your own
fears, insecurities and trepidations why not reach down and bring someone else
into the light? Is that not our responsibility? All of ours?
I am reminded…
Tonight, I am reminded of my favorite movies of all time, “WhatDreams May Come”. In this movie, the husband, Chris, chases after the love of
his life, who he lost to a dark existence because her argument was always, “You
couldn’t join me.” And the moment he did…the moment he joined her in her
darkness, he pulled her into the light.
This…this for me...is life incarnate.
Even if we, ourselves, are
suffering in our own darkness, not knowing which way to turn, where to go and
how to get our comfort, perhaps we just need to stop and see someone else’s
darkness in order to pull them into the light.
My lesson?
As always, I take a lesson from every day. I may not always
vocalize it, I might not always publicize it, but I do make a point of taking a
lesson out of every single day I live…and when I die you can see them in my
journal. My lesson for today is simple…patience and acceptance can always bring
someone in the dark into the light. My lesson for today is to be water; be
moldable, be compliant; be free flowing. Because after time, water molds
everything else in its path, whether it recognizes it or not.
Unstoppable
force, meet immovable object…because this object doesn’t have to move in order
to make a difference, she just has to flow.
So is the same for you…
For you…you reading this right now…this is what I challenge
YOU to do. Be different. Be soft. Be moldable. Be unchangeable. Be free
flowing. And when you stop trying to change and control everything around you,
I challenge you to find happiness in the moment.
Naturally, there is a song of life that goes along with my
blog (i.e. What I was listening to when I was writing it) and here you have it.
Your thoughts, experiences and commentary are (as always)
welcome. Bring it.
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