Photo: Sue Vincent
After weeks of gray and thistles and ceaseless wind that scraped her raw, there was light.
She could scarcely believe it at first.
The cloud cover had been so complete for so long that she’d began wondering if there was even a real sun still behind it. The revolutions of soupy daylight and inky nights felt equally murky as every step became oppressive. She had waking dreams of being lost inside a massive warehouse, a mouse in a maze, endlessly seeking an exit yet seeing none.
She wondered whether there was still use in trying. She was oh so tired.
Now there was a break. The sky spawned a cavity and the leaden heavens began to dissipate. She could discern a layer of ease in the distance.
And light, streaming like caressing fingers ahead. Showing the way home.
Note: Dedicated to the all-too-many who are staggering through their personal wilderness, caught in the molasses of gloom, and thinking of giving up — keep on, hold on. There’s light ahead, and we’re leaving it on for you.
For Sue Vincent’s WritePhoto challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
Beautiful and inspiring. Thank you!
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Thank you …
With depression and suicide being so rampant – this was where the photo took me.
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It’s a beautiful message. You are welcome.
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๐ XO
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Super message for those who should welcome it, Na’ama
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Thank you, John.
Also, sometimes it does stay cloudy a good bit longer than one is comfortable with … And when the sun peeks out it is YAY! ๐
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…ืืืืข ืืืืืง ืืืื ืงืืืจ ืืืืจืคื ืืืื ืขืืืจื
!ืชืืื
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๐ Glad it helps.
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Might I join in that dedication? That’s beautiful … and I think most have been there, if only for a number of hours. How much worse when the hours become years.
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Yes, please join in! It’s why I said “we” because I know many will happily be part of it. And, yes, I think most of us have at least visited (if not lived mired in) those places, and have compassion for those who are still lost in it.
Great comment, thanks Crispina!
Na’ama
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Yea.
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yeah again. ๐
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Reblogged this on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo.
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๐ Thank you!
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Does great justice to the image and brings forth a powerful message of hope
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Thank you! I’m so glad it resonated! ๐
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Perfect words to match that photo, Na’ama.
I think we’ve all had moments, hours, days, weeks and more (sadly) of darkness.
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Thanks, Dale.
Yes, I think we probably all had our time in the darkness, under gray skies we weren’t sure still held light behind or will ever part to show it. And yet …
May there always be hope held, and left, and rewarded …
XOXO
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There is always light and hope…if we can find just a glimmer to guide us onwards.
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Yes, indeed! And when we can see glimmer, we need to hold on to trusting that it is there, right behind the next bend, right behind the next cloud, right after the next breath. ๐
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Always… that belief can carry us through almost anything.
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Amen!
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