I wish I could say my dark conflicted mood has passed, but my mind will not be quiet. My heart will not be indifferent to what I know is not right. And, with that I give you a quote my sister shared that really helped me to trust that this time or turmoil and questioning is OK and part of the process:
"The experience of darkness has been essential to my coming into self hood, and telling the truth about that fact helps me stay in the light. But I want to tell that truth for another reason as well: many young people today journey in the dark, as the young always have, and we elders do them a disservice... when we withhold the shadowy parts of our lives. When I was young, there were very few elders willing to talk about the darkness; most of them pretended that success was all they had ever known. As the darkness began to descend on me in my early twenties, I thought I had developed a unique and terminal case of failure. I did not realize that I had merely embarked on a journey toward joining the human race." - Parker J. Palmer
So there it is a thought for the day. If that doesn't work, check out this song from the Broadway musical Book of Mormon There is no offence meant in this song, but I think society in general allows us to "turn off" our thoughts way too often.
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