The Struggle Is Sometimes Very Real

“Keep Your Face Always Toward The Sunshine And Shadows Will Fall Behind You.” Walt Whitman

I just quoted one of my most favorite quotes out there. Why? Because it is so darn true! As long as we have something really bright shining through us we can tackle pretty much anything. That is something extremely profound to hold on to as a human being living in a world that may sometimes seem so bleak. It is always the unknown that sometimes keeps us in fear and until we let go of that fear we will never know what is on the other side.

It’s been a roller coaster lately for many. The Reiki Master in me would love nothing more than to give you an entire lesson on why through an energetic universal alignment perspective, however, I may lose many of you. I don’t want to do that. I am going to give you some real life experiences instead.

I am going to simplify it and get right down to the nitty gritty here. If your life is looking like a complete roller coaster about to go upside down and loop a bit, the only way it’s going to get stuck is if you don’t let go of whatever is holding you back to move forward.

One step forward and there it is, your world just literally came crumbling down. Did it though? Are you still breathing? Do you still have enough love and gratitude in your heart to keep going? You do. We always do. To a certain extent it is a mindset. The other portion of it is finding your guiding light to lead you out of that dark place. It’s a state of consciousness. It’s your will to fall and get back up. The only way we get back up is if we find a way to crawl our of the tunnel that we are stuck in.

I am not sure if I had ever mentioned in my past publishings that I was divorced with two babies by the time I was twenty-five. My husband at the time was an addict and chose the drugs. My life was a mess during those years. Yes, I am re-married now with five children. Although my life has been blessed with the will to have gotten to where I am today, it was not easy. It took a lot of forgiveness and moving on. The buried trauma and fear re-lived it’s way into my life many times. Sometimes it still does. I kept moving. I found ways to keep moving and my smile showed the world that “I got this,” even if I didn’t believe it for more than a second.

It’s our inner being that matters most. And, sometimes that’s just what we need to do. Keep smiling. Day by day was always my mantra in life as well as finding the light at the very end of that dark tunnel. When I feel stuck I have that experience within me to keep me going. I have learned the true beauty of strength. It is something that will forever be embedded in the depths of my soul.

Those times taught me a lot. I was taught how to be strong. Even on the days where I couldn’t do it for myself I had two babies who were depending on me to thrive. They were my light at the end of that dark tunnel back then. On the days where I seem as if I’m on a roller coaster and the darkness tries to rear it’s ugliness, I reflect. I reflect upon the sunshine and make sure that all those shadows stay very far behind me.

If you have stumbled across this, please know in your heart that you are not alone. You may not understand now, however, there is light at the end of this tunnel you may be in right now.

The energy all around us is fierce these days. It’s forcing us to rise up and really hone in on who we are and who we are not. With that, sometimes our past may creep upon us. Everything and anything that has happened in our past was an experience that we needed when we chose to reincarnate. Our past experiences have shown up for us, not to us.

I believe in you.

Until next time…

Love & Light, Always!