H,
In this moment when the world is still, there is all this darkness in
our minds. When we wake and before we sleep, we are buffeted with all this fear,
all this uncertainty, all these things that attack our place in the world and
the dignity we need to be our best selves. These things are always there but
now they are amplified because the things we usually use to drown out these
feelings are all shut down. We have to look at the dark as it presents itself
to us.
And there are many reasons why we must begin to speak back to the
darkness. We cannot let it overwhelm us.
And “speak”, does not mean talking to walls in some pseudo-spiritual
attempt, to “claim wellness by (vocal) faith”, though this might be your
process, but the larger stance of not believing the things said by the dark. To
remember that thing you always tell others: you are worthy, you are a creature
of inestimable value and God loves you.