Darkness

You know what I love about darkness? It like a protective blanket separating you from the rest of the world. In the silence of night you can go anywhere, be anybody, and do anything.

True, within the darkness, there are some scary things. Metaphorically there are secrets, shadows, danger, despair. And then there is physical danger like rapists, and cat burglars, and the bogey-man (so no big right? haha). But that's part of what makes night so wonderful. It is something very few can fully experience, something very take the time to try to appreciate. In order to fold into the darkness, you must embrace it, let it embrace you. You must be comfortable with the secrets, shadows, and the danger. You must be comfortable with yourself. You have to be able to look the boogey-man in the eye, and burst in to song and dance. (haha, now that I'd like to see)

I don't really think I'm making any sense, but if you have experienced darkness, really and truly embraced it and yourself, then you'll understand.

It makes me think of one of those classroom posters "It's who you are when know one is watching that matters." So, I pose this question: who are you when know one is watching? Who are you in the darkness?

I know who I am. I am a total geek. A girl who randomly bursts into song and dance, can laugh in the most earth-shatteringly difficult moment, and rocks out to blink-182 on the side of the dark road in polka-dot rain boots while walking her dogs at 6 on a Sunday night no matter who drives by (hence the contemporary inspiration for said rant). But I also know that I am strong, and smart, and beautiful (not to mention I could scare off the boogey man with just the thought of my dance moves, haha).

If any one is ever to find there bliss in life they must find themselves, find themselves in the darkness. And to really and truly be a remarkable person (this one I have yet to be able to fully accomplish), you must be that person in the light. One must be the same person in the private of darkness as they are when everyone is watching in the light. If one can accomplish that level of personal consistency, then they have accomplished true self-liberation and they have accomplished freedom from the darkness.

=)