Even in the Dark

 

To be broken is no reason

to see all things as broken.

This is the trick to staying well, isn't it:  to feel the sun even in the dark.  

To not lose the truth of things when they go out of view.  

To grow just the same.  

To know there is still water, even when we are thirsty.  

To know there is still love, even when we are lonely.  

To know there is still peace, even when we are suffering.

None of this invalidates our pain,

but only strengthens our way back in the light.

--Mark Nepo