Being Lost is Not the Same As Losing

Just because you were LOST doesn’t mean that you LOST something or someone.
That season. That Dark Night. That rock bottom. That broken heart. That bleeding soul.

When we endure a tragic season of despair so utterly disarming….when we walk through the blackest night, so dark that we absolutely cannot see the light ahead….

…it is natural for us to clamor to the known, rather than face the unknown…even if that known is killing us.

We have to let go of this notion that we are becoming a ‘better version of ourselves’ and embrace the truth which is that the word “transformation” means a thorough and dramatic change in form.

Consider instead, that the person you THOUGHT you were was not actually the person you ARE. If it were, why would you need to change?

Consider instead, that the previous ‘you’ you thought you were, was not the real “you” at all.

But the version of ‘you’ that you feel you are losing was never really “you” at all.

Consider instead, that all you perceive to be losing is everything that is not you…in order to become the real you.

A caterpillar does not go into a cocoon to become a better caterpillar. A butterfly commits to losing the illusion of its caterpillar-ness, in order to break free, fully become itself….and finally fly.