What is sadness? It is a wellspring of love. It is a storm of tears. We can hide inside playing checkers by our lonesome, watching the rain droplets splatter against the glass, or we can step outside to play in the rain.
Love your sadness, wear it like a glove, and soon it will teach you to fly like a dove. Your wings will spread, and your feathers will flutter, and in due time you won’t even remember sliding down the drain.
Your face will be filled with smiles, and your heart will glow. The sun will reveal itself from the clouds above, and you will remember the radiant wonder of being in love.
What is love? Love cannot be defined in the same way as sadness. It is an action, they are words spoken, so listen, and see if through my words you can witness how I define love.
“The world tortures us in unimaginable ways. It spins us in circles within its spider silk so it can suck out everything we hold dear. This monster makes us fear the things that draw us near, so we pull away and allow our inner might to crumble from our internal fight. I cannot know what you feel from day to day, or how you force yourself to see the goodness when your nerves are frayed. All I know is that your heart often hurts, and this makes me sad.”
“I want you to explore the wonder of the world and escape the sticky mess of your misery. If I could, I would move mountains for you and raise you high into the sky. I would show you there is love inside your soul that makes your eyes glow. I would teach you to use this inner light to see through the darkness of the night If I could, I would introduce you to your spirit and ask her to tell you what things you should cherish. I would ask her to hold you close and guide you with an open hand I would ask her to give you some love and hug you with every ounce of her essence. I want you to live with harmony and feel happy I want you to know peace and explore the delightfulness of serenity. And ultimately at the end of every day I want to set you free.”
When someone we love is hurting our heart compels us to help them. We want to say things like:
“You are beautiful, amazing, and significant in ways you cannot see. There is a light within your life that has been shrouded by the darkness of the moonless night. Your nimbus glow has been wrapped with sadness and it has clouded your ability to see the magic of every moment. I believe that once you learn to peel away the tape holding you down you will stop feeling like you are drowning.”
How can we know if we are loved? We can see it by and feel it by how they treat us. Ask yourself who is your starlight guide?
Is it an angel in the sky, a hopeful thought flying high, maybe it’s the wind against your skin? How does this nimbus light guide you toward your inner might? Does it pull the tendrils from your soul and make all the tart things taste sweet? Does it make your heart beat, and lead you to dance with your feet? Does it wrap you in a blanket of heavenly warmth when you are cold and alone?
Your starlight guide is more than a toy elf on the shelf. It is more than sweet nothings in your ear and musical melodies that set the mood. They are a force greater than any distraction. They are a dream of epic proportions, a powerful light in the depths of the deep darkness. They are fleeting and easy to lose, they are diamonds in the rough, and more beautiful than sparkling gold. They are our anchors, and they hold us down. Their weight keeps our ship from drifting in the sea. They give us time to swim, fish, and eat.
Our starlight guide nourishes our soul zones and help us feel at home. They give us hope and remind us to make the most of our moments, and wipe the tears from our eyes, as they remind to live our life.
Sometimes they sing us a song into our ear.
It is a beautiful ballad of joy, and it encourages us to frolic and sing with a spectacular voice.
It is magical and marvelous and mystical in all the rights ways.
It is our greatest friend, the one that encourages us to win, and has taught us to swim.
It’s a song that invigorates our spirit and reminds us to cherish every second.
Every time we hear this song it makes our heart swell. But sometimes it slips through our hands and our day becomes dark and filled with gloom.
This beautiful ballad is the song of hope, and as long as we are willing to listen, its words will give us the will to have hope and possess the ability to cope.
