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Light in the Dark Night of the Soul

Light in the Dark Night of the Soul

Sometimes life is hard. Sometimes we have to go through the dark night of the soul. Here is a poem that honors the pain while showing an opening to hope:

Radical Sky

20 years ago
I was getting married
on a boat
called Karma
on a sunny day
in a bay of dolphins.

My 9-year-old sister
carried the ring
on a pillow.

Now they are all gone:
sister, father, mother, husband.
A litany of loss.

But I have learned
this:
even in the smallest circle of sun
reflected through a tiny prism of snow
you can see all the colors.

–Laura Foley

laurafoley@VALLEY.NET

Read more: Spirit, Inspiration

Permission by Laura Foley. Copyright Laura Foley.

Annie B. Bond

Annie is a renowned expert in non-toxic and green living. Named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body and Soul Magazine, Annie has authored four books, including "Home Enlightenment" (Rodale Press, 2005) and "Better Basics for the Home" (Three Rivers Press, 1999).

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12:33AM PST on Mar 8, 2012

thanks for the info

12:53AM PST on Feb 24, 2012

just beautiful and touching, thank you for sharing!

4:08PM PST on Feb 22, 2012

Beautiful...

7:12PM PST on Feb 15, 2012

That's so sweet.

4:57PM PST on Feb 15, 2012

Thank you this is quite well done

2:26PM PST on Feb 15, 2012

thank you for sharing!!

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5:52AM PST on Feb 15, 2012

Thanks so much. We can find a light in any situation, if we just look for it.
Jackie

9:33PM PST on Feb 8, 2012

Thank you for sharing the poem.

10:50AM PST on Feb 8, 2012

Life can be hard and painful. That's kind of the point of life.

Here's the world saying, "Here ya go. All the crap you can possibly manage and then some. What can you do with it."
It's your job to say, "Okay world, is that the best you've got? I crap worse things than that on a daily basis and twice on Sunday's. What else ya got?"

The world is challenge. We would be bored otherwise.

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