Sunday, October 3, 2010

I will be the answer
At the end of the line
I will be there for you
While you take the time
In the burning of uncertainty
I will be your solid ground
I will hold the balance
If you can't look down

If it takes my whole life
I won't break, I won't bend
It will all be worth it
Worth it in the end
Cause I can only tell you what I know
That I need you in my life
When the stars have all gone out
You'll still be burning so bright

Cast me gently
Into morning
For the night has been unkind
Take me to a
Place so holy
That I can wash this from my mind
The memory of choosing not to fight

If it takes my whole life
I won't break, I won't bend
It will all be worth it
Worth it in the end
'Cause I can only tell you what I know
That I need you in my life
When the stars have all burned out
You'll still be burning so bright

Cast me gently
Into morning
For the night has been unkind...

~ Sarah McLachlan
Answer

Monday, September 20, 2010

Break the glass?

Yes, break the glass. A simple gesture, but one that brings up fears we can't really understand. What's wrong with breaking an inexpensive glass, when everyone has done so unintentionally at some time in their life?

Break the glass, he repeated. Why?

Well, I could give you lots of reasons, I answered. But actually, just to break it.

For you?

No, of course not.

He eyed the glass on the edge of the table - worried that it might fall.

...

Break the glass, I insisted. Because it's a symbolic gesture. Try to understand that I have broken things within myself that were much important than a glass, and I'm happy I did. Resolve your own internal battle, and break the glass.

It's a rite of passage.

~ By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Paulo Coelho