When the World Grows Dark: Finding Love Within Ourselves and the World Again

Photo: Back country road on a dark and stormy day. Montana (2006). Copyright SJPhotography

When the World Grows Dark: Finding Love Within Ourselves and the World Again (includes 6-minute guided meditation)

And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let go until it drags you face-first out of the dirt - this is not selfishness, but obligation. You were given life; it is your duty to find something beautiful within life no matter how slight.

_Elizabeth Gilbert, “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear”

We all go through tough times as individuals but this last decade has put everyone – and I mean everyone – through very harsh, unforeseen, and agonizing times as a collective. In a world that often feels like it's shrouded in darkness and fueled by life’s storms, when we feel adrift and lost, and where negativity and despair seem to loom around every corner, there is a beacon of hope that can guide us through even the most challenging times: love. But before we seek it in the world, we must first find it within ourselves.