These are two of the first pieces of jewelry I stamped 8 years ago. After experiencing one of the darkest times of my life, I took my darkness and turned it into light hammering one letter at a time. I am thankful for the healing this gift has given me, and allowed me to share with others. Change can be hard. Scary. But, breaking cycles that are unhealthy and no longer serve us can be so freeing. If you are struggling with this today, I want you to think of all of the hard things you have already overcome, and whatever you are faced with today you can do the same. My therapist at the this time recommended a book called “dark night of the soul” to me. It still helps me to this day.
“Nothing could be more precious, then, than a dark night of the soul, the very darkness of which allows your lunar light to shine. It may be painful, discouraging, and challenging, but it is nevertheless an important revelation of what your life is about. In that darkness you see things you couldn’t see in the daylight. Skills and powers of soul emerge from your frustration and ignorance. The seeds of spiritual faith, perhaps your only recourse but certainly a valuable power, are found in your darkness. The other half of who you are comes into view, and through the dark night you are completed.
You become the wounded healer, someone who has made the descent and knows the territory. You take on depth of color and range of feeling. Your intelligence is now more deeply rooted and not dependent only on facts and reason. Your darkness has given you character and color and capacity. Now you are free to make a real contribution. It is a gift of your dark night of the soul!”
Namaste,
Suzanne Wunsch