""While I am learning to make peace with the plans that fell apart, I am learning to breathe deep and keep an open heart to the hope-filled possibility that there is more ahead of me.""

While unexpected change opens you up to uncertainty, it also opens you to the possibility that after everything you have been through, there is more ahead of you. If you are in a tangle of emotions after a disappointment and you are trying to stay positive and look forward while also grieving what was lost, just know that this is all a part of being human. And as hard as it is right now, it does not make you any less worthy of the good experiences that are still possible. There might be some moments of life where it feels like the only thing you are seeing are shadows, but even shadows are only able to exist because of the light casting on an object. The light hasn't disappeared. Beyond the shadows, light is still there.

So whatever it is that is keeping the morning sun from pouring in does not mean that light no longer exists in your life. Not even the most significant shadows can permanently drown out light. Not even your greatest fears or most profound heartbreak can stand taller than boundless Love.

Knowing this, you don't have to pretend to be strong here. You don't have to act extra-positive even though you're frustrated, tired, confused, or heartbroken right now. You are allowed to slow down, knowing that in the same way the morning sun finds its way into the most shadow-filled rooms, Light will find the way to you.

There are so many things in life that you have to go searching for. There are so many scenarios where you have to prove that you're capable, worthy, valuable. But in the Light, you are free to be, just as you are. You are free to believe you can move on and start over, no matter what fell apart. You don't have to wait for someone to say, "okay, you have suffered enough. You can start to move forward now." By grace, that opportunity is now. By grace, you are free to go looking for the places where Light gets in, no matter the plans that have fallen apart, or shadows that have tried to consume you.

More tomorrow...
Sincerely,

Morgan Harper Nichols