I remember the days when I was so afraid of the dark… and no, it wasn’t only way back when I was a child. The nothingness, the darkness, the feelings of desperation and loneliness, unable to clearly see the path in front of me… sound familiar? The ‘dark’ doesn’t only happen when the sun goes down and the lights are turned out at night. Although it can be a scary place to be there is so much to learn in the dark days of our lives. But the first step is to accept the darkness, stop fighting or ignoring it, accept it exactly as it is. Believe that there are lessons to be learned right where you are that can and will benefit you (and most likely others) after the darkness has gone. Through my recent days of darkness I started out searching for light in what I could do and how fast I could do it in order to get out of the reality of my situation as quickly as possible. After a year of operating in that mode and running on empty all of the time, I finally broke. Anxiety, depression,...