A couple of months ago, I wrote a post titled "My Love Affair with Winter." Perhaps you read it, but if not check it out at some point. It was my first post, and I think it was pretty good (if I do say so myself). Anywho, in that post I used winter as a metaphor for the challenging times that we all face at some point or other our lives. In this post, I want to reflect on something that you don't think will ever come when in the depths of winter....spring.
Recently I was listening to my all-time favorite album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," and even though I've heard EVERY song about a gazillion times, one lyric in particular resonated with me on this particular day. On the track, "Everything is Everything," L-Boogie spits out encouragement to listeners by simply saying, "after winter MUST come spring, change it comes eventually." Wow! Did you take that in? I mean, did you really let it seep deep down in your spirit? You see, this is so much more than an artist putting pen to paper and coming up with a catchy line. This is TRUTH! For those who are hopeless, in despair, lost, confused or just plain helpless, this line is a lifeline and proof that spring is not a myth.
Many times when we're going through hard times in our life, we feel alone and wonder when change will come. It can be extremely frustrating to find yourself in a pattern of one step forward, two steps back and seemingly going nowhere. But (you know there's always a but), we can rest assured in the knowledge that situations do change, people do change and what you are facing today will be a distant memory one day. At the end of the day, we have to pull up our big girl (or big guy:-) Underoos and keep advancing. I promise you there IS greater on the other side. I promise you that sooner than you can think or believe, you will be basking in the rays of a beautiful sunshine. Do you believe that your spring is on the way? I do!
Peace & Blessings
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