I Have Loved the Stars Too Fondly...

“Though my soul may set in darkness,
it will rise in perfect light.
I have loved the stars too fondly
to be fearful of the night.”
- Sarah Williams

This is one of my favorite poems.

You can stay in the darkness when your soul is calling for light.

That's a choice.

But why would you want to? How has that served you?

That’s the egoic mind, trying to keep you safe through self-sabotage and fear, saying, "Stay here in the darkness which you know too well, where you think no one can see the real you, where you think no one would want to. Stay here and isolate yourself so no one can hurt you or you can hurt no one."

Oh, but Love. But Love...

Love is more powerful than that.

Love says, "Step into the light so I may bathe you in the warmth your soul yearns for. Let me wrap my arms around you and hold you close so you can remember that I am you and you are me and together we are each other.

Let me show you how understood you are, when darkness keeps you cloaked in the illusion of yourself.

Let me show you how love can mend and heal and grow, for it's not love that hurts but the absence of it.

It's not love that harms but the fear that resists love..."

We create our own suffering by turning away from that which we are...

Love.

(This soul saying was originally published July 7, 2021 by Susan Dawn)