JGF October 8, 2024 12:50pm PT
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I wrote I Wonder (see below) during a transitional time in my life when chaos was in search for peace. Looking back at that time and reading this piece, I feel a sense of relief. Life is not all lows and not all highs, but rather a journey of both. Life, like progress, is not linear. It advances without specificity. This is a gentle reminder to you, dear reader, viewer, listener. Even when what you are going through may seem impossible to recover from. Even if the darkness seems to lack a spark on which you can rely on. Even if your pain has forgotten how to smile, it will remember. The darkness will be shined upon. Healing will come upon you. Perhaps not in the way you imagined, but it will transform you, and it is worth finding out. Pain, after all, is a teacher.
We are on a journey that feels rather unreasonable at times. It is nonlinear, unpredictable, and beautiful. It is a road filled with plenty. There are laughs. There are tears. There is joy. There is pain. There is sense. There is confusion. There is logic. There is not. Life, without emotion, is non-existent. Hardship changes us. It is what strengthens our character. It is what softens our hearts. It is what prepares us to love. It is what teaches us compassion. It is what makes us strong. The series of events that occur in our lives change us constantly. Transformation is inevitable. So, my friend, if you take anything from this piece, remember this: Life without pain, challenges, and happenings, is merely a life at all. The difficult times will inform you. Pain, even though may seem infinite, will be interrupted by joy. You will smile again. You will laugh again. You will cry again. You will love. You will be loved. You will be glad to have loved. You will be pleased to have known lives that pass on. You will find strength in transformation and it will find you. You will look back and smile ahead as the evolution of you is constant. Just as it should be. Don't be afraid to love for fear of loss. Love in spite of loss. Live a life that is full. Allow yourself that opportunity.
Will I ever find myself again,
or have I broken beyond repair? Will the weight of my heart prevent me from recovery? And is there such a thing? JGF December 12, 2023 6:30pmPT To this piece I say, you will find yourself again, but not as you were. You will have grown. You will know loss, and you will be glad to have loved deeply. The weight of a heart is a sign of fullness. The heart is full of love and heartbreak will not prevent recovery. Instead, it will inform you of your capacity to love, forgive, and evolve.
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