To Trust in Your Path

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For anyone who has had the pleasure of reading "Daughter of the Forest" by Juliette Marillier probably remembers the perfect-in-her-imperfect-way heroine, Sorcha. I remember reading that book for the first time way back and thinking how the font was so small and the book was so thick, but just in a few sittings, I absorbed the entire book and to this day, its fluent and poetic writing that painted such beautiful scenes are still etched in my memory. Sorcha was definitely someone I looked up to, and I know that in difficult times, I remember how much pain and obstacles she endured for something she truly believed in, and how everything turned out alright, even though at the last minute she was in the greatest peril.

Some of her strengths is that she recovers quickly from set backs and doesn't let anything stop or discourage her. I want to have that kind of strength, to never be beaten down, to trust in the path you were given. Even if it’s hard, it’s worth it. There is injustice but you don’t lose hope to injustice and the folly of it all. You don’t lose that meaning and purpose even when all others have given up and felt powerless to fear to the uncertainty. 

But we are all victims to our doubts: what if I never reach my goal and all my hard work will be in vain? For Sorcha, she was so close to losing everything at the end, at the fingertips of a deathly fire. Yet, out of no way, a way seemed to have been made. In the book, the fair folk (nature spirits) like to play and torture mortals, though not for nothing. The reward is there if the humans hold out. If you keep persisting and trusting in your mission. Thus, I must do the same. I try to keep my cool, and let it all out when I feel powerless, but to do every little thing I can, and don’t consider whether in the end it will make a difference or not, whether it was all in vain, a waste. If you put your heart and soul into something, the result can never be a waste, so you must trust it. Even as the situation turns for the worse, you must be on the lookout to spot opportunities which can pull you up again. Whatever was destroyed can be built again, with love and care. A broken heart can be mended, and slowly to love an trust again. It will feel betrayal, but it will find its sure footing and path once more. As sure as the sun rises in the sky, as the wheel turns and the story continues.

Another thing I learned is that you choose your own ending. If you follow your heart, you surely will find your heart’s content. Don’t forget to enjoy the little things on the way, and don’t look back at what could have been. What’s been done is done. It cannot be undone. Do not blame and curse if no work results. Cast your burdens and release them. Don’t completely blame yourself for being the indirect cause of misfortune. And remember light triumphs all. There is no darkness except the absence of light. Even on the cloudiest day, when it seems like your world is wrapped in a gloomy, gray shroud, just beyond the clouds where you cannot see, the sun continues to shine just as brightly, and the sky is always always the deepest blue. You can bet on it. You will see the sun and feel its warm rays again, beaming love and nourishment, knowing that it is contributing to the evolving life on earth. Oh how happy is the sun!