Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Wistful Joy



There are moments in this life that can bring you to your knees.
That shatter you into a thousand pieces.
Pain so extreme you think you might not survive......
That's what happens when you are truly, whole-heartedly engaged in life.
Glimpses of dark and light, love and hate, heartbreaking joy and earth shattering sorrow.
Pain so deep it can bring you to your knees, face down in the dirt,
begging for someone or something to make it stop.
In these moments we are broken wide-open, exposed beyond our knowing, and spent.
Yet, on the other side there's light. Always light.
It comes slowly and gradually like a change of season.
We wake one day and the pain is softer, muted to a dull ache.
With time the ache becomes a memory that is full of wistful joy.
And then our hearts are filled with an appreciation for loving so deeply,
sharing so profoundly this precious experience with another,
that we open our arms to the universe in anticipation.

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