From their hearts issues flowed like rushing rivers in spring. Caught in their current I was tossed, pulled under and could not breath. Slammed up against boulders seen and unseen in the rushing waters carrying me further and faster to the edge. Then I came to the surface gasping for air, only to see it.
I was tossed over the edge of the earth to land in a calm, clear pool below. The flowing water soothing, calm, healing the cuts and buses I had just sustained. The water gently guiding and washing me up on the warm sands, for the sun to warm to my bones and recharge the life back into me. As warmth, light radiate from me once again I take a renewed breath of life. My eyes slowly open and as I am able to see, I begin to look around discovering I am finally safe and secure.
I look up and back to see where I had fallen from. The violent rushing waters falling over the edge of earth. The mist from the falling waters wetting my sun kissed face. I rise dusting my body off and a knowing entering my mind that I can survive anything from this day forward.
These words came to me one day after my traumatic accident that almost took my mind and with it my identity. I have been holding onto them as my own encouragement, a life vest of sorts to keep me afloat. Then it occurred to me, others may find strength and encouragement from these words too. This life, this journey, is going to take from us. It will shed what we think we need to make room for the new. It will show us just how strong and courageous we really are. A new season is upon us with many unknowns yet we rise. We rise to the new day. We rise to the new season. We rise up and meet the new challenge. More tenacious than the last time all because you, me, we, survived.
Be well
Lessons Learned 