We have all met these people.
The ones who have experienced great love,
great loss, great suffering, and somehow through it all,
great peace.
The ones who have a depth within their being,
allowing life's experiences to carve beautiful inner landscapes -
grand canyons within their souls.
You know them when you meet them.
Like water slowly eroding rock,
the layers of who they are
revealed to those who will pause and look and listen.
We have all met these people.
(Perhaps you are one of them?)
Within, an emptiness,
a deep abyss that is somehow filled with beauty and hope.
Sometimes it takes the shadows and the darkness to reveal the light, yes?
As I stand beside them listening, on the edge of who they are
I find myself once again standing on sacred ground,
looking out over the pain and beauty of their lives,
glimpsing God within.
Yes, we have all met these people.
Great love, great loss, great suffering,
and eventually
great peace.
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