You Have to Burn Before You Learn

You have to crash into the bottom Before You know how good the top feels like. As soon as you become complacent with your current situation - no moving forward, backward, side to side.

Stagnant.

Something will slam you -  crash bang against the lowest form if living. You will suffer great loss - whether emotional, material, physical... You will see no light. Only dark. For a while you will be surrounded by the blackest vision.

When the dust settles and you start to see shapes take place. Opportunities start growing like mushrooms - overnight - suddenly big and succulent, bouncing with flavour. This happens so fast that you look back and find yourself an idiot for giving in to the sweet temptations of depression and self-loathing.
There is an addictive strain there.
If you hit the right nerve, you might get sucked into a whirlpool of despair with a pinch of anger slathered thickly in hatred.

Hatred is as powerful as love.
They are polar opposites.
This happens when you lose hope.

That white light that follows you around in the form of a butterfly flittering about your mind searching for solutions to your problems.

You need to focus on that butterfly.
You need to open your mind to possibility.
Trust your instincts and breathe.
Let it go.
Let it no longer serve you.
Clear your mind.
Focus on that butterfly.

Suddenly all you went through becomes so obviously reasonable.
It has given you an answer, a reason why you had to suffer. An awakening through the grief. You have learnt greatly about your personal journey. It has helped you more than you know.
Sometimes the pain is too great and you can't seem to shake the grief or the anger brewing inside you. You feel like life has let you down. The world is against you. "Why me?" runs like a stuck record over and over and over again. "Why me?"

You need to let go.
You need to allow yourself to get up.
You need to allow yourself to grow.
You need to let go.
Only you can save you,
Only you can pull yourself out of misery.
Only you can rise back  up and follow that butterfly.
You need to trust yourself and everything around you.
You need to stop trying to control your life.
Dive into that river and let it guide you.
Listen to the universe.
The universe gives you signs and gently nudges you in the right direction.

And if "Why me?" returns for a re-match, look at those around you and listen to their stories. You will find yourself changing tune and saying "Lucky I'm not them!"
Then you realize that everyone suffers. You are not the only one, so stop your selfish misery and start living. You are only on this planet once - as far as You can remember - unless you've had the fortune of experiencing your past lives - make the most of your life here on Earth.

We all need you.
You are connected to everyone
And everyone's connected to you.
Take responsibility for yourself.
Breathe.
Take time to breathe.
Reconnect with that silent inner you.
Reconnect with universal consciousness.
Reconnect - Breathe.
Reconnect with that butterfly,
It will show you the way.
Let go, breathe.
Let go, breathe,
And life will go your way.
Be patient.