It may not seem appropriate to celebrate the darkness of life. Yet, the dark is a needed part of the light. In nature, night is an essential part of the growth process, and so it is with humans. Sometimes the dark serves to remind us of the alternate, and sometimes it is a needed balance point.
The "dark side" of us may have been part of our survival mechanism, a way of protecting ourselves from what we perceived was "against" us. However, it behooves us to periodically reexamine our "underbelly" and decide if our "dark" manifestations still serve us: the automatically-triggered anger, the feelings of low self-worth, the chatter of the inner critic, etc.
Both dark and light have served a purpose. And at this time, the darker sides of our expression need to be brought out to the light and accepted for what they have contributed. Then we get to decide if they still have a role to play in our lives.
Today's Daily Inspiration was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Celebration and Release
by Marie T. Russell
Read the original article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf, wishing you a day of acknowledging and accepting all parts of yourself (today and every day)
Join me again tomorrow for the Daily Inspiration and focus of the day.
Today, we acknowledge that both dark and light have their purpose.
