After we are throughout the throes of uncertainty generally all we will do is maintain on.
It’d imply actually holding onto somebody: somebody near you, somebody expensive to you, somebody you like. Simply maintain on.
It’d imply holding onto one thing tangible, one thing in entrance of you, one thing to carry you up and assist you. Simply maintain on.
It’d imply holding onto a sense, an concept, a reminiscence that sustains you. Recollect it. Really feel it. Simply maintain on.
It’d imply holding onto a pal, a confidant, a fellow traveler via the darkish. Or perhaps it’s holding onto spirits you see round you, angels you’re feeling guiding you, or the Divine Spirit that’s inside you. Simply maintain on.
Holding on means one thing completely different, for every of us, relying on the place we’re, or what we’re going via. Possibly it adjustments from stage to stage or everyday. It doesn’t matter what it’s, no matter when it comes, when the grief overwhelms us, the night time descends upon us, and the darkness comes calling – all that issues is we simply maintain on.
There may be all the time somebody or one thing, someplace to carry onto. So discover it. Clutch it. And maintain on to it. Night time all the time offers method to morning. Darkness all the time offers method to mild. Your grief, as laborious as it’s to imagine if you end up in it, will finally diminish and turn out to be bearable. Belief. Consider. Have religion. However for now it’s sufficient to carry on – so maintain on.
Here’s a lovely poem that can assist you maintain on.
Maintain on to what’s good,
even when it’s a handful of earth.
Maintain on to what you imagine,
even when it’s a tree that stands by itself.
Maintain on to what you need to do,
even when it’s a great distance from right here.
Maintain on to your life,
even when it’s simpler to let go.
Maintain on to my hand,
even when I’ve gone away from you.
–A Pueblo Indian Prayer
