I've been having this reoccurring dream lately. It's a dream about someone I love that is no longer in my life, and it leaves me feeling as if I have just taken off my helmet in outer space. Needless to say, I don't like it. It makes me feel things that I'd rather not feel. So why is this dream haunting me now? My guess is, it's the holidays--the time of year when all the ghosts of Christmas' past come knocking at your door.
Maybe you've lost someone you love too--a parent, a sibling, a friend. Maybe you will be waking up on Christmas morning without your child. Maybe your spouse left you for someone else. Maybe you are sick, in financial strife. Maybe you are an addict, or you are worried about someone who is. Maybe your heart is utterly broken. And during this time of year, when the expectation to be merry and bright, and all of the holiday cheer is too glaring in the face of your pain, it feels like a suffering of another kind.
Guess what? You are stronger than you think, you are loved, and you are not alone. And I pray, to whatever God it is that made us the human, delicate, feeling creatures that we are, that you do not go to that dark place. There is no one there to comfort you. We are all here, standing in plain sight, fighting our own personal battles every single day. Hey you, it's going to be okay. "The best way out, is always through."-Robert Frost
