The Soul Search

I have learned in the past year that just when you think you know who you are..that "you" that is so familiar, can wander out of your usual field of view.
In its place a stranger may just walk in.
This happened to me this year.
I had no idea what to do with this person who was my unfamiliar.
She was not comfortable in her own skin at all, and constantly wanted to escape such a foreign land her mind had become.

She wanted to go back to what she knew: a safe, sound and very strong spirit. Where the ground never seemed to shake with each step taken.
But that didn't happen as painlessly as she had wished.
It hurt, worse than anything has ever hurt before, that slow tumble from self.
and then I learned that
sometimes we have to fall ...all the way down,
before we can pull ourselves back up again.
With a hopeful heart
I think I may be starting to stand...
or at least placing on foot solidly on the ground.

It has been quite the year, thank you for all the love and support you all have give me. xoxo

Wishing all my readers and friends a peaceful and loving holiday season.