AT THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT…lies a new dawn.
Can you see it? A glimmer, a ray of light, a promise of what’s at the edge of midnight. Hope…a new beginning…a new dawn.
Grief holds us close to its breast, and just when we’re in the midst of our darkest hour, we feel a sensation, a stirring, an awareness. A feeling that while an ending has occurred, a new beginning is emerging from the spiral of life and death.
A new beginning that may be as faint as the sliver of morning before the sunrise. Hold onto this hope and let it carry you from the darkness of grief that has engulfed you for the past weeks and months. Look away from the darkness that is the deepest just before the dawn. Reach out to the light and the promise of a new you.
Our path through this life is often a solo journey. Many may join us for periods along the way, converging …weaving together through time and then departing. But our personal journey begins alone and ends alone. Listen to the stillness of that aloneness and find your center within that stillness. You will never be lonely within that center. Alone, perhaps, but always surrounded by the knowing that a new dawn, a new beginning awaits you.
As the chrysalis transforms into a new creature, you too can become the butterfly that has been forming within the darkness. Use this cocooning time you’ve had to deal with your grief, and experience your emotions. Then, in your own time, emerge from the shell into a brilliant new day. . .your day; your morning; your new beginning. Let this emergence become the dawn of your new life.
While you may never envisioned that you would be here, alone, you have a choice. You can choose to reach out to a new beginning, or remain locked in grief’s embrace. An embrace that brings no warmth or comfort. Realize that grief will never fully release you. Because we have loved, we will always grieve for what we have lost.
Your choice lies in honoring your loved one and moving forward, or remaining immobilized by the overwhelming pain stemming from the stark reality of your loss. As you now stand at the edge of midnight, turn toward the dawning of your new day of hope.
Sharon Clark
