This too shall pass, and I will not pass out.
-- Anonymous

Some days it’s all entirely too much to have to go through and deal with. The mountain feels too high to climb and the tunneled roads through it are switchbacks and blocked with the “no”, “can’t”, “don’t have” and “won’t work” messages. Some days, simply getting out of bed to face the day’s challenges makes you so weary and disgusted that falling out and giving in seem like the most worthy alternatives available.

And so you pass out. Hopefully there’s something soft to catch you; you don’t want to fall in the floor and hurt yourself, it’ll be harder to recover. Be sure there’s something soft like tender words to soothe you, strong arms to catch and hold you, pleasant thoughts to envelop you, good friends to surround you, a good mattress to crawl into, and, most importantly, strong faith to sustain you. And if you lose consciousness, that’s even better for now God can breathe fresh air into you.

If you choose the option of giving in, be sure you’ve given all you could. Be sure you know what you’re giving in to and examine what you’ve been giving out. If you give in, make sure you don’t give up and forget to get back up.

And when you’ve gotten up, because you know you can’t stay there all fainted and deflated, you realize the mountain is still tall but somehow scalable because you fell on something soft and reliable that gave you strength and courage enough to keep pushing over it. And when you gave in, you realized that there was a Greater Force at work and in control and you don’t have to be solely responsible for fixing what is wrong and pushing past rejection, doubt, and lack.

It’ll pass, it always does. In the meantime, give yourself permission to pass out and give in. You won’t lose your footing; you’ll gain greater tread to keep it all moving on past.

Sadiqqa © 2007