


It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift. Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. But not beyond where your faith can carry you as there are still limits to wherever faith can carry anyone. If you have to go somewhere, carry your faith with you. The work that you do will only have enough meaning if you are doing it using the darkness that has driven you to make your work even more meaningful. That means that you can never really appreciate the good you have in life until you have seen how bad things are during dark times.Ī work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate is something that is resident in me already. There can never be one without the other. Madeline L’Engleĭarkness and light are two sides of the same spectrum. Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light. Bram StokerĮven when there are darknesses all over, you do not have to be as dark as they are. There are darknesses in life, and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights. Instead, be the light that can help clear the darkness. If the times are truly tough and dark, you cannot remedy the situation by becoming just as dark. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. It is similar to people in the sense that we can show how truly beautiful we are when times are at their toughest.ĭarkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Stained glass windows are truly better when there is no light. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. If you yourself are in the middle of dark times, here are some motivational quotes that might help you get yourself out of it: Situations might be difficult in the middle of dark times, but the best people come out the strongest and most appreciative after experiencing the darkness. However, the darkness is not always a bad thing because it is only when things are dark that we get to shine. Darkness is often feared by people because we really do not know what will happen in complete darkness.
