I am not just wallowing on the ground; I want to get up

I am not just wallowing on the ground; I want to get up

Sometimes, it can take years to wake up. Then one day, you open your eyes and you can see. With dazzling clarity, you are face to face with the truth that has eluded you for so long. As though your mind is a spring bulb pushing up from the earth to emerge into light, the whole world opens up before you. The weight drops from your shoulders and the heaviness pressing down on your head has gone. You have the courage and hope to face into the breeze and smile, rather than wrap your arms around yourself to huddle away from the cold. Recognising your past mistakes is always a hopeful thing; it shows that you have grown. As your horizon expands away from you, empowered by your new vision, it is not taking your goal further away from you, but opening up a vast new arena into which you are free to move and explore. Yes, the anguish of failure is sharp; the pain of regret lingers long – perhaps too long; our mistakes torment us. But even these experiences are part of our growing, and the day you open your eyes and see, it is not the past that calls you, but the promise of the future that you know is this moment’s gift to you. What next?