Setting an Intention
I absolutely love this Mary Oliver quote. Often, it takes a while to adjust to darkness, to let your eyes and heart soften until you see the gift. . . nearly invisible at first, perhaps only existing as possibility, as intention, as miracle unfolding. I have been thinking about that lately, as I begin work on a presentation about the emotional aspects of divorce. Some people, of course, see divorce as the light at the end of the tunnel. For others, however, divorce is that box of darkness. My intention for this presentation, to be offered free to new divorce clients at select family law specialty firms in my geographic area, is to help those people who feel like all the light in their lives has vanished, like they have entered a zone marked "Without Hope," to reorient themselves. To realize their feet are, indeed, on the ground and they know instinctively which way is up. To help them...