The Rising
Written by Georgina
You’ve seen my descent. Now watch my rising. Rumi
There is nothing subtle about unravelling,
it is raw, murky, unchartered,
stripping back what you thought you knew.
Yet in that very collapse, there is grace
that says not to be afraid,
for you are rising, not plummeting,
to the call you are more than this.
For it is time to release the weight you have been bearing,
and ambiguity that shaded your life grey.
You have been preparing for this,
arriving,
the timing perfect,
to begin your ascent,
into new and expansive beginnings.
And take solace in the shaking of your very foundations,
because even though you are trembling,
look up,
and allow yourself to rise.
When you reach a stage where you can have a very dark and difficult experience, without having to look on the “bright side,” then you know that you have made progress on your healing journey. Because significant measure of our emotional health, is our capacity to tolerate all of our experiences without jumping to reactive reframes. You reach a stage where you can stretch to accommodate the truth of your lived experience. You have enough light inside, to own the shadow. And enough shadow inside, to own the light. Unknown.