— EDITH KEELER. THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER. 3134.0

This is bliss: To understand that human life is a series of starts and stops, gains and losses, painful struggle and sweet grace; and to pronounce all of it “good.”

But sometimes in the depths of struggle and loss we can lose our perspective. We forget The Big Picture. We are no longer able to envision the smooth sailing beyond the present storm. Life seems hopeless.

Our Inner Voyage is of little value if it cannot help us overcome these inevitable periods of hopelessness. And the Voyage teaches us that, at such times, forgetting The Big Picture is actually the beginning of recovery. Because we are forced to remember that we must still live day by day. To get “from here to there” requires living fully in the moment, concentrating on the details, taking one step at a time. And rediscovering that the source of genuine fulfillment is not some outward goal but within ourselves.

Inner bliss will come. Whatever our problems, “This too shall pass.” What lies beyond is worth living for.

Even if, in the meantime, the best we can do is survive.

This is my pledge: I will survive, and I will thrive. The days ahead will make all my struggles worthwhile. I hope, therefore I am.

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The above meditation is taken from Going Boldly on Your Inner Voyage © 1999-2004, IF Books.

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