Life Changes ... again

I came across these two quotes at the end of last year. It was one of those days when I was feeling down and somehow they touched me and I wrote them down in my journal. Little did I think at that point in time that I would seek them out again so soon.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; This, too, shall pass.
~ Ann Landers ~

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.
~ Elizabeth Kubler Ross ~

Life brings unexpected changes all the time. This one for me should be nothing new, but yet it seemingly is. Words and actions towards me have all led to an instinctive feeling that this time it’s different. And now, I feel like I’m fighting a battle to protect myself at all cost, but yet, deep down inside, my heart is crying out because the hope has not faded away.

I have been told over and over again over the last few days that I have the strength to see this change through; that I just need to be patient and brave, and the wounds will heal in time. There are moments when I truly believe this, and then there are other moments when I think, very simply, that life is just incomplete without him.

And so here I sit, waiting for the light to shine from within …