Each of us can recall times in life when it felt as though the rug had been pulled out from under us or when the ground beneath our feet felt shaky. Maybe it happened literally -- on September 11, 2001, or when an earthquake struck, or perhaps when we were in an auto accident. And certainly it has happened figuratively -- when parents divorced, when a boyfriend or girlfriend broke up with us, when a friend was diagnosed with a serious illness, when we failed a test we felt confident about or didn't get a promotion we expected. Suddenly the world seemed different and if only for a moment, it seemed as if we had nothing to hold on to.
Times like these require courage, which can come only from inside of us. A parent, a teacher, a clergyperson, a special friend can seem like a port in the storm, but ultimately we have to be our own parent, our own teacher, our own spiritual guide, our own best friend to move forward. We have to find our footing inside ourselves in order to stand up and walk, and we have to locate an internal navigation system to know that we've moving in the right direction.
Many things about our world are unpredictable. Indeed, life itself is unpredictable, no matter how diligently we try to scope out the future. What's going to occur around us and to our physical bodies will always be largely unknowable in advance and sometimes so even as it's happening. But one thing can remain steady -- our inner spirit, our Soul.
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