Finding Peace in your Sadness

Are you sad? Lonely? Depressed?  Do the holidays get you down?  They do me.  And often times I want to disappear and come back on December 26^th.   But you know what I learned that I hope you can learn too? There is hope in sadness.  This morning while on my run I was hoping to have happiness fall upon me.  Instead I saw a young boy, maybe ten, with an empty leash in his hand.  He was calling out for his dog.  My heart broke for this young man.  I know what it’s like to have lost something.  I know what it’s like to have lost something only to have it never return again.  And it haunts me daily.  At times it’s unshakable.  But there comes a time when you realize that happiness may not arrive.  And you have to surrender to your sadness.  Embrace it. Study it. Feel it.  Know it’s grips.  Know it’s lies.  Know it’s truths.  For it is in your sadness that you learn what happiness is.  Be patient to yourself.  Be kind.  In the midst of your sadness it’s ok to rest. It’s ok to take a break. It’s even ok to find a peace in your sadness.  I will leave you with some words from Marcus Mumford.  Let it be a song sung to your happiness.  Peace to you today my friend.  

"I Will Wait"

Well, I came home

Like a stone

And I fell heavy into your arms

These days of dust

Which we've known

Will blow away with this new sun

But I'll kneel down,

Wait for now

And I'll kneel down,

Know my ground

And I will wait, I will wait for you

And I will wait, I will wait for you

So break my step

And relent

Well, you forgave and I won't forget

Know what we've seen

And him with less

Now in some way shake the excess

'Cause I will wait, I will wait for you

And I will wait, I will wait for you

And I will wait, I will wait for you

And I will wait, I will wait for you

Now I'll be bold

As well as strong

And use my head alongside my heart

So tame my flesh

And fix my eyes

A tethered mind freed from the lies

And I'll kneel down,

Wait for now

I'll kneel down,

Know my ground

Raise my hands

Paint my spirit gold

And bow my head

Keep my heart slow

'Cause I will wait, I will wait for you

And I will wait, I will wait for you

And I will wait, I will wait for you

And I will wait, I will wait for you