Sat, Nov 28 Gratitude Reflection
Pay attention to darkness. What are the gifts that darkness brings to you?
Shade provides respite from glaring light or extreme heat. Night permits sleep and rejuvenation. Shadows reveal depth.
Darkness is, in some ways, the absence of light and color. In other ways, it is the blending of many hues to create a deeper, richer palette. Darkness may be identified as the fecundity of the womb and the slow nurturing of the dormant earth in winter. Darkness is the home of starlight, the natural element through which all light moves.
What form of darkness feels significant today? The cozy dark of a beloved corner where you can tuck up and retreat? The vaulting depths of a night sky? The eternal emptiness of the unlit ocean? The secret darkness of a hiding place where a treasure might await you?
In our faith tradition, darkness is that fertile state of being, across with the Spirit moved, originating the creative dynamics that resulted in genesis. Life sprang out of darkness.
Give thanks for darkness. . — Rev Gail
He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what is in the darkness,
and light dwells with him. — Daniel 2:22
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
— Mary Oliver
You must have shadow and light source both.
Listen, and lay your head under the tree of awe.
— Rumi