My God, Woman!

"You say you're 'depressed' - all I see is resilience. You 

are allowed to feel messed up and inside out.  It doesn't

mean you're defective - it just means you're human."

David Mitchell

When I look back over my life, I am pleasantly surprised to see my trials and errors surface as resilience.  I am astounded by my ability to have survived and by my skills to navigate through shit storms.  Back then, in the midst of holy fire, I never caught a glimpse of anything personally positive.

In depth relationships with kindred spirits have shown me that life leads us through the thick and the thin, shaping our character and testing our integrity.  The pain is so raw, we are unable in the moment to perceive any kind of meaning to the madness.

Eventually we catch a glimpse of our matured face and think, "My God woman, you have survived!" As we inventory the true meaning of life, negativity falls away and the elements worth treasuring shine through our smiles.  Our hearts warm with the knowing we may have been challenged,  but our resiliency was our shield.