Worth The Drowning

 

Ever have a day where your whole world feels like its crashing down?

Water is rising up all around you, your reaching for something to hold onto, something to save you.

But you are just reaching, nothing is there.

There is an overwhelming feeling of doom, of loss, or regret…whatever it is that got you there.

You think you won’t make it, you are holding on with your very last hope.

You breathe in, possibly the one that will be your last and it returns a shout from your heart that cries, ‘I give up’.

And then out of nowhere, the water begins to shrink back, all your emotions sailing away with it.

Your feet finally touch bottom and you take a deep breath.

 A breath of relief, to confirm it’s all over.

You look around with new light.

The terrain that seemed too difficult to travel, appears much smoother.

The path is much less dark than you remember.

You have a new confidence, a new hope, possibly determination.

Before you have time to realize all of this your feet are already moving, your treading through the muck of what was and quickly you arrive at the peak.

 A feeling of success washing over you in the same way the water did.

 You look below at the place where you once stood.

As badly as you wish never to go there again, you know, deep inside, if not for the valley you would never enjoy the peak.

You smile a little and nod your head to the valley, as if to say, thank you for the lesson.

 You gather yourself, your move on, as if it never were.

But now, you carry with you a new peace, a peace that was worth the drowning.

 

-Peace and Grace