FACING THE DARK

Darkness can be frightening

Can't see anything, therefore

one becomes full of fear.

We cannot see in the dark,

unlike animals whose eyes allow

them to see perfectly.

Darkness of the Spirit

is more frightening.

If one embraces that darkness,

he cannot see what is ahead of him,

any more than when there is

artificial light to see by, or any

sunlight to illuminate our Earth,

or moonlight to give a gentle

glow in the evening.

The inner darkness is

all-pervasive; it keeps out,

blocks any light, any hope

of being able to see beyond the dark.

Bad feelings ... hurt, pain, anger,

despair, sadness, confusion, terror,

unworthiness, dread, violence

and loneliness reside in that place.

To embrace darkness is to close

oneself off from light, to choose

to be in that self-imposed prison

from which there may be

no escape, no hope.

If one chooses to wallow in

all that mud of bad feelings,

all that muck, is to condemn

oneself to a life of misery.

There is hope, a way out,

if one chooses to take it, to

escape from that awful prison.

He must face those feelings,

confront each of them, and make

the decision to conquer them,

put them out of existence,

once and for all time.

The darkness is very powerful,

but you are more powerful than

your feelings.

You must gather up your strength

to be able to face down these demons,

Don't let them conquer you !

Examine each one, find it's flaws,

its weaknesses.

You must take control of your

own mind and heart, and

defeat your enemy, those terrible

feelings that have grabbed hold

of you, and don't want to let go.

Feelings are intangible, without

substance. You, your mind, is real,

and only you can pull yourself up

out of the muck and mire of

bad feelings. Only you can

chase those bad feelings away.

Take control, and free yourself

from that cold, damp prison cell.

I hope you will carefully read

these words, and take them to heart.

You MUST take control and stop

letting these rotten feelings run

rampant through your mind and heart.

You CAN do it; others have done it,

and you have to fight hard, every day,

every time one of these negative feelings

comes over you. Stop and look at it, see

how weak it really is, and without your

consent, it really has NO power.

When the next one comes along, do

the same thing. As you do this to each

of them, they will lose whatever power

they have had over you, and you can then,

as the saying goes, 'kick it to the curb'.

It won't be easy, it will take strength

and vigilance to see it coming and

head it off, before it can do any harm.

As each one leaves, replace it with a

positive thought or feeling, and if

you do this consistently, one day, all

those lousy feelings will be a thing

of the past, and you will be full of,

if not actual happiness, at least

contentment, peacefulness, and serenity.

I am praying for you, please do this

for yourself. Never mind what the people

in your life say, their words do not matter.

What you say to yourself, what YOU

think, is what matters.

Take charge of your life, your destiny.

I love you.

D