These gifts

These gifts of love

Are just given for free

Sunlight which brings warmth and hope

On an icy morning

The gift of scrambled buttery eggs on toast

Beautiful music

From souls who suffered

But then went into the fire

And burned clear and clean through that suffering

In order to birth wisdom

To become teachers of love

And the awful cost of hatred misunderstanding abuse and pain

Surely our deepest gift likes in

Our connection to others

Who share stories of pain

There is so much suffering in this world

But there is also so much potential for life

For redemption and for wisdom

Let us not close our eyes to those gifts

Which are hidden deep within

Even within the darkest of things

Because truly

Suffering is not the end

Is the very thing

That most propels us to seek for life

For light

For wisdom and love

 

“the darkness within can lead us to greater things, and motivate us to achieve what gentler emotions never will”  

William Sieghart