Tunnels

As I traveled through Alaska years ago I experienced something I don’t usually encounter on a daily basis.  I traveled through many, many tunnels.  Some really short; some very, very long.

During certain times in all our lives it may seem that we are in darkness, in a tunnel if you will.  During these trying times we may feel alone, maybe even helpless.  Darkness envelopes us and we are unable to see far enough ahead to where there will be light again; where there will be happiness and peace again.  We have no way of seeing what is ahead, what is in the future.  In life we would like to see beyond the darkness, so we can plan and prepare for what is ahead.

Being in the dark part of our lives is often uncomfortable and can render us paralyzed, unable to make decisions.  We could move forward and soon be out of the darkness if we could accept our dark periods and then strive to get to the light. How many times do we stay stuck in the middle, in the dark?  Not willing to move toward an unknown source of light ahead because sometimes the unknown tends to be scarier than the dark could ever be.  Unfortunately, we will stay in the darkness if we don’t move at all.

I believe we choose our paths in life.  Sometimes these paths are easy; sometimes we may find a big mountain right in the middle of our journey.  We could turn back; we could try to go over the mountain; we could try to go around it.  However, sometimes the only path that will work is to go straight through the mountain, which may include a dark tunnel.  That may be the only way to get through to the other side, to get to the light.

So, what can we do?  Well, we can do nothing.  We can stay still and not move at all when fear of the darkness, fear of the unknown hits.  However, if we do nothing, don’t we stay in the dark longer?  Isn’t hitting our head a few times or stubbing our toe now and then better than staying stuck?  Isn’t it worth a little pain to move forward in the tunnel (in our life) so we can get out of the tunnel and see the light again?  One way to do this is to remember other times in our lives when we made it through a dark time and then came out the other side, into the light, into a better place. We made it through the darkness before and we can do it again!

The roads of our lives will sometimes lead us through the darkest of tunnels. These roads can also eventually lead us to the brightest parts of our future.  Are these roads worth it?  Only you can answer that!

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