Unexpected Filling

There are seasons in life- sometimes very long seasons, that we don't always understand. We are walking but so unaware of the direction-the purpose. Emptiness & loneliness can grip us in these seasons. The heaviness resembles that of an icy capote covering winter's, sleepy branches. The heaviness- noticeable, transparent, hard, sharp- unrelenting ice cycles freezing our spirit.  During these seasons- moments; we may feel useless, fragile, forgotten, unworthy, frozen in time.  The questions come, the doubt kicks in, fear invades, hopelessness looms.  WITH ALL THE STRENGTH WE CAN MUSTER; WE MUST REMIND OURSELVES that WE ARE NEVER WALKING ALONE. There may be parts of the road that the sole of our shoes touch-a personal imprint formed; where pain is felt at the deepest level of  the soul and spirit, but WE ARE NEVER ON THE JOURNEY ALONE.  This imprint often changes us, challenges us, frustrates & overwhelms us, depletes us, baffles us...; but it can sometimes unite us. We can find strength in a stranger, laughter in a child-who can help us smile, we can find someone on the road that we link arms with- and STAND. As we watch and listen-  we can find unexpected renewal. As we watch and listen-  LOVE accompanies us on the journey.  LOVE (in many forms, many faces & resources) gently, tenderly helps refill our reservoir of hope, trust, mental & emotional fortitude.  In time, we began to feel less fragile, more steady, surprisingly calm-REPLENSHED.
In that replenshment and after respite; we are inclined to look for others in those hard places-dark places,  and we shine a light of possibility.
We've walked through the unimaginable, and WE ARE STILL STANDING.
WE REMEMBER, WE HONOR, WE LOVE, WE HELP,  WE STAND.

~Pamela Hagens