You won’t believe what I see from this vantage point, the years streching out before you like a long & winding road. I don’t want to scare you, but there is forest just up ahead. One so dense and dark, the sunlight won’t reach you for a while. You will wander lost, in this long, perilous night, not knowing if it will ever come to an end.
But, believe me, the light will find you again & when it does, you will no longer be afraid of the dark. Stop to catch your breath. Soon, a jagged mountain of ice will rise before you.
Don’t despair, the first foothold is always the most difficult & every inch you claim of that cold, hard precipice will only make you stronger. Before you know it, the ground will level out beneath you & you will look back to see you had conquered what you once thought is impossible.
See that turn just up ahead? That’s the place where love will meet you, with arms so warm it will melt away the winter in an instant. And then it will be summer of a very long time.