That’s How The Light Comes Through

There are times in our life when the cracks and slivers of living are

~almost~

too much to bear.

At those times it isn't likely to mean much when people say 'you'll get through this'

or,

'you're the strong one, you can take it.'

During these times being strong doesn't feel like a blessing.

It doesn't seem like strength is anything but an excuse to have one more thing thrown at us to test us.

But.

A crack is just that.

It isn't a flaw.

It's not a defect.

There are no do-overs.

This is it.

-

It's up to us, strong or weak, to move through the pain.

To move through the abrasions we get by brushing against the world.

Some will do it by asking for help.

Some will fall asleep with tears of gratitude on the pillow.

Tears that they made it through the day.

Some will smile and shake their head with mild surprise that life has astonished them yet again.

Some will patch their crack and move on with sheer determination and grit.

However you do it~ move through it.

-

Life can be hard, and we are fragile...

but we are stronger than we think.

Once you move through this present crisis, remember the pain and allow it to make you tender towards others.

Cracks make us interesting.

We all have them.

Even people that seems crack-free have felt a fissure or two that you can't see.

This song and this performance: is the origin of the poem’s title.

The poem is from a piece I wrote several years ago on my Milestones Ministry page.

Comments always welcome: how do you repair your fissures and cracks from life? What song helps you?