A Labyrinth Home

This is a lesson I have learned time and time again. Sometimes we don’t know the repercussions of our decisions until after the fact, and sometimes that’s a tough pill to swallow – coming to terms with choices that perhaps weren’t aligned with our greater good. We have two options in that case – the first is we can beat ourselves up over the wrong decision (which I am all too familiar with doing ) or the second is we can come to terms with the decision realizing we did the best we could, with what we had, at that moment of our lives. This is where the quote comes into play – forgive yourself for not knowing earlier what only time could teach. If we had information up front as to how a certain decision would play out, perhaps we would have made a different choice, but unfortunately, we don’t, unless you’re a fortune teller! Oftentimes, we learn afterwards what only time could teach. Fortunately, that’s the price of wisdom, we learn through experience, through making mistakes. We become wiser as we gain this knowledge, no matter how hard it is to endure. Pain can lead to growth. Suffering can lead to joy. Darkness leads to light, so long as we allow it to unfold in that way. I read a quote recently written by Australian activist/Christian leader Christine Caine, “Sometimes when you’re in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.” Sometimes we need to go through that dark moment in order to fully bloom, like the tree being planted, not buried. The decision that led us down a dark road perhaps was meant to further develop our compassion, or deepen our love, or refine us in some way. We never truly know what that other path could’ve taught us, but what we do know, is that we are resilient, and can emerge from setbacks as an even stronger, more fully capable person who is even more ready to tap into our inner gifts and share them with the world.

Give yourself some grace.

Peace,

Kim