Day Twenty–Two // March 13 // Strength “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse –
It is natural to invite hope and joy and peace to accompany us on our journeys through life. We want them by our side, constant companions through all the churning, swirling vicissitudes of daily living. But what about the equally powerful, equally necessary companions of loss and sadness and pain? There is a depth, an unspeakable gravity to these emotions. But there is, too, a darkness, an emptiness, a fearful somberness that keeps us back. We don’t want to know the agony of grief. We don’t want to endure the humiliation of rejection. We want to keep life simple. We want to keep it light and cheerful – even if that means we keep it shallow.
