PROMETHEUS

At any time it may happen that darkness enters our lives, and all that was light suddenly goes out. There is only consuming permanent pain with no possible way out. There is not even hope. In time, we will cease to fear death. On the contrary, we would welcome it, for it could mercifully deliver us from these agonizing shackles. After a very long time indeed, suddenly peace comes. We will stop resisting this fate. We surrender to it and let it guide us. We begin to meet more often and more intensely the part of us that has been in the shadows and unrecognized all our lives. We move through life and stop dodging the blows. We feel stronger. Our surroundings don't recognize us and we are strangers where home used to be. We feel more of the pain of others and want to bear their pain so that we don't suffer ourselves. We begin to feel to the core those whose feelings we never wanted to feel. In their eyes, we now see ourselves. We know there is a power within them that carries an ancient flame. That flame is Prometheus'. It is a gift and a burden. Something born in us in a state of endless suffering. The fire is in us now. And it is the new light that shines through the darkness. We feel more free. We feel more alive.