Blessing for Courage by John O’Donohue
Gabrielle Dean
I need this at the moment and think Gemma and Craig and our poor little broken community do too. I have trouble with the notion of “ this darkness has purpose”: I feel it is up to me/us to find some a purpose or meaning or make our peace with the darkness (including my/our own darkness).
Gabby
Blessing for Courage by John O’Donohue
When the light around lessens
And your thoughts darken until
Your body feels fear turn
Cold as a stone inside,
When you find yourself bereft
Of any belief in yourself
And all you unknowingly
Leaned on has fallen,
When one voice commands
Your whole heart,
And it is raven dark,
Search and you will find
A diamond-thought of light,
Know that you are not alone,
And that this darkness has purpose;
Gradually it will school your eyes,
To find the one gift your life requires
Hidden within this night-corner.
Invoke the learning
Of every suffering
You have suffered.
Close your eyes.
Gather all the kindling
About your heart
To create one spark
That is all you need
To nourish the flame
That will cleanse the dark
Of its weight of festered fear.
A new confidence will come alive
To urge you towards higher ground
Where your imagination
will learn to engage difficulty
As its most rewarding threshold.
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Pamela O’Cuneen
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