Letting The Dream Go
August 2, 2023
Great loss usually means looking backward, clinging tenaciously to threads of the past. While necessary for a bit, the we must eventually release the dream we’ve lost. Whether it’s a home that’s now rubble, or lost due to foreclosure or a treasured relationship. My widow friend, Ferree Hardy describes her loss. Life changed forever that day. Widowhood was nothing like I expected. The pain was so deep it was frightening; and then it went deeper still, to a place where tears watered tiny, shriveled up seeds of joy and strength. Did you know they grow best when buried in total darkness? When you can’t see them, can’t imagine.
So my friend, your tears of loss, letting the dream go, are watering the seeds of a new dream. You just can’t see it yet.