Some Days Are Dark

Oh crap.

Thus begins my first blog entry.

The crap is everywhere: chronic illness, terminal illness, mental illness, pain, suffering, disorientation, scarcity, hopelessness, invisibility, shame, grief, abuse, secrecy, silence, judgment, ignorance. It's sad, dark and hard to escape.

So maybe an escape plan is needed. A focus on raindrops on roses. Sleep. Eat. Drink. Check off a list of things to do; so much to do, you know. Be happy. Be the light. Stay in the light. Be present to the Presence.

Author Barbara Brown Taylor wrote "Darkness is not dark to God. The night is as bright as the day."

Oh.

Rather than escape, I am trying to stay with the dark. By that I mean I'm trying to remain open to thoughts of people, places, and circumstances that are beyond crappy.  Trying to be mindful of the dark as well as the light.  Dark has much to teach.  Many times it has been in the dark where I have learned to be a light.