Breaking Through

I've been on a steep growth curve myself this week, which reminded me of of a saying I first heard as a Girl Guide. Lord Robert Baden-Powell, who was born in 1857 and the founder of the scouting movement, was a soldier of many talents who became a national hero through the Siege of Mafeking, during the Boer war. He was trapped in the garrison with a small number of men, wholly outnumbered by the 8,000 Boers outside, yet through enormous creativity, persistence and courage he and his men withstood the siege for 217 days.

The advice he gave was that "the darkness always comes before the dawn". I hit a dark spot in my quest to know myself more deeply, with a traumatic event that really shook me up. I have to confess I almost turned away, but I also remembered that the only way out is through and that true spiritual growth demands that you accept the unacceptable. It gave me the biggest breakthrough I could have imagined.

Strangely enough my aerobic dance teacher put out the same message today to the class - she said "let's do that again" and suggested that even if people were tired, if they lifted their energy and pushed through they might be surprised at the additional energy that was available to them that had been locked away.



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