If we must travel through darkness, is it possible to find acceptance for the journey and to gain insight into our other-selves? Is there something about understanding the raw pain of this deeply self-intimate, contracted space that generates a deeper level of compassion? A broader sense of gratitude?  

I believe so. And I believe that we can carry that knowing forward.

And so, in a moment, my world burst forth in an exquisite, expanding motion.  Movement and colors. An awakening.

Happy filled me first with orange -- vivid, bright, lively orange. And with the orange, came hope