How do we see ourselves when we’re great? We are like monuments, great marble statues representing the epitome of virtue and valor. These images are easy to construct, and even fun too. But what happens when inevitably we fall? When our pantheon tumbles and shatters?
When you’re at rock bottom, you can still decide whether you want to lie facing down or up. Your vision is your destination, and you’ve lost your way. What can be entailed is how to make sense of the lost sight and laid ruins. There is much to be done.
To challenge that man-made notion, I would bequest to think of ourselves as ice. When we rise, the ice expands and grows. When pressure or strain is applied, we shatter. However, ice shattered is still ice; and unlike statues, ice can reform, join together, and rebuild.
Losing sight means to challenge and find one. Being shattered means rebuilding to become even better. Losing your way means looking closely for the right direction you were meant to traverse. The light has most promise when it has the darkness to vanquish.
