28th March 2009 approx. 3.05pm

To experience loss, the pain of losing, or conversely the joy of gaining is to truly live. The two contrast yet complement each other along the wider spectrum of emotion that lies in between extreme hardship and emotional suffering and pure ecstasy of joy. Both work together for a spectrum of any kind is but another circle; each leads on from the next for eternity for at each end of a spectrum there is more - there is never nothing at all or an empty void. All things are created with interconnecting energy - each connection complements the last, even when they appear to be at complete odds with each other. Yet joy can bring comfort when pain is experienced - memories of happier times can provide the strength needed to move through a more difficult phase. Without pain we would never truly understand or experience joy, for we would have no basis for comparison.

Neither joy nor pain are endless. Although the suffering of an extremely hard situation may appear to be infinite, it is not. Joy will return - at first in the small ways for brief moments and then will spread, returning the light in the darkness. All is never lost - it is important to remember that. There is always hope. Perhaps that hope - and subsequent return to joy - will not present itself in the way that is expected, or in the form that we would like. When it does present itself, wisdom is prudent so that we do not prolong our own suffering by ignoring something that will later prove to be our salvation.

In joyous times, the trials and pain that we may previously have encountered can also provide us with help - we do not, if we take note of the lessons within those more difficult times, make the same mistakes again. Those around us that experience similar suffering and misfortune can benefit from our wisdom - for wisdom comes from experience and knowing. So within our own suffering lies an opportunity for empathy; within the joy of passing through difficulty lies the positive energy that enables giving to others and generosity of spirit. However, it is also important that we offer assistance to those around us only when the moment is right. To offer help and guidance too soon - or, in some cases, at all - may not be helpful and in fact may hinder the very person we are trying to help. For we each are given burdens - part of this is to learn. Sometimes the learning comes from the exchange of energy within compassion and helping. It may come from learning to ask for help when we need it. Yet it may also be that we need to work through the issues and problems within our troubles on our own. In such times there is always support. Guides and helpers provide the strength needed to find a way over any obstacles. Sometimes the helpers are those that have experienced what we are going through - for although in these cases it is important not to offer assistance too readily, the strength of understanding can still be given.

Then comes the time that troubles appear and we must withdraw to ensure that these are focused on in the proper way. So the circle of the spectrum of emotion continues, and so it will always be.

It is not so much a question, therefore, of how much joy or pain we feel, but how we use it and how we deal with the emotion that we are feeling at any given time. The feelings that we encounter at any time mean that we are truly blessed - for to feel is to experience; to be alive; to be.

‘Til we meet again…

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