Day 7 : Take A Leap Of Faith
I had a nightmare last night. I dreamt that Mom was dying from terminal cancer and I had to rush to the hospital to see her for the last time. I was told that there would be a platform where souls of the dead would jump into an abyss for the ‘final plunge’, and Mom’s soul would be taking her turn too. It was a deep black hole down there and one needed to trust, have courage, let go and jump. I raced to the platform, for some reasons wanting to jump in too, but by the time I arrived, they told me that Mom’s soul had already taken the plunge. They told me also that Mom had been so frightened of what was going to happen, and I sobbed even harder as I knew Mom had always been scared of death and the unknown.
And then I woke up, feeling a weird sense of calm as I contemplated the greater message of the dream.
Like death, the unknown is always uncomfortable and scary. We could choose to squirm around it and hope that it disappears and goes away, OR we could choose to be brave, face it, trust and take the leap of faith. After all, if we are all gonna end up dead, might as well enjoy the adrenaline of the jump!
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