I love your line, “without darkness how can we experience the dawn”. I was just reflecting earlier this morning about how dark my own life has been amongst my years of mental rehab, being all alone with family hours away. I am in the past year reflecting that without those tough, tough, isolated years in my life, I would not appreciate the simplicity that life can offer. It is the little things that matter. Especially during the Christmas season. I am tempted not to go to my in-laws Christmas because to them, the grandeur the present the better. For me, I am the exact opposite. I will spend hours looking for a meaningful $10 gift. Not the high sticker purchase that on Christmas Eve the family debates what they will exchange and the jealously they get from each other’s gifts. If I had not experienced my mental hardships, I might be as money oriented as they are. I only want peace of mind, and pray and hope that I can substain it. Without experiencing years of demons, I would be a different person. This year I feel the light of life. It had been dark, and depressed for too many years.
I love your line, “without darkness how can we experience the dawn”. I was just reflecting earlier this morning about how dark my own life has been amongst my years of mental rehab, being all alone with family hours away. I am in the past year reflecting that without those tough, tough, isolated years in my life, I would not appreciate the simplicity that life can offer. It is the little things that matter. Especially during the Christmas season. I am tempted not to go to my in-laws Christmas because to them, the grandeur the present the better. For me, I am the exact opposite. I will spend hours looking for a meaningful $10 gift. Not the high sticker purchase that on Christmas Eve the family debates what they will exchange and the jealously they get from each other’s gifts. If I had not experienced my mental hardships, I might be as money oriented as they are. I only want peace of mind, and pray and hope that I can substain it. Without experiencing years of demons, I would be a different person. This year I feel the light of life. It had been dark, and depressed for too many years.