Hollowed Out
It’s hard to go through life feeling like a carved pumpkin.
Sometimes the faces can be scary. Sometimes they are funny, but never does it
feel good to have your guts ripped out.
What I have found to be helpful in
these times is to write a gratitude list.
It may be hard to find things that I am grateful for, but
that’s when the real digging begins.
Dust off the shovel and till the soil of your life.
Are you breathing? Have you been given a new day in which to
make free choices? Do you have ONE friend in whom you can confide?
It’s a good
day.
When your guts are lying on the ground and your seeds are
scattered, that is the time to look for the remnant that remains. Life can be hard.
But, if there is breath in your body, you have found a shred
of gratitude.
Most pumpkins wind up with a candle inside to light up the
darkness. This is the time to take your hollowed out self and bring in some
light. Sit. Rest. Glow.
It’s hard to go through life feeling like a carved pumpkin,
hollowed out.
But finding the little things in life to be grateful for: breath,
free choice, the comfort of a friend…it’s a good day.
