Start with a Whisper

You found your words. You found your voice. You grow with each experience you're able to voice into those words.

Let go of little pieces of pain and two things happen. 1) You have room for more good things inside of yourself. 2) Those little pieces you set free fill voids in other lives who receive them.

They float away in each word you whisper, like seeds blowing in the wind, softly touching down on other lives as they go. The pain, hurt, anger, disappointment, disillusionment and God knows what else has been held in your hands, heart and soul for more than long enough. Because you choose to be in touch with Our World, you've molded, polished and beautifully shaped dark moments into shimmering points of light. Sun. Solara. You. The light of day burns brighter than any darkness. It's the light of day that gives tiny seeds the strength to sprout when no one notices them doing so. Before long the most brilliant green of a tiny leaf appears, unfolding. Blink again and there's the most beautiful blossom where once only dark Earth lived. You've brought so much into the light of day for so many people just by whispering. Light. Understanding. Permission. Hope.

I count myself lucky to be your friend. Again. We knew each other somewhere before this life and our paths have intertwined once more. I love you. Sister spirits. You and me.

Baby steps, frog leaps, snail pace or lightening speed. We're in this together.

(This was written for a friend of mine.  She found the courage to write about a part of her life that had caused her pain for years.  Although her story which prompted this posting is private and has found an appropriate forum in which to be told,  I wanted to share these encouraging words with you too.  Sometimes life's experiences, good bad or otherwise, need to see the light of day.  No one has to go it alone.)