{"id":1018,"date":"2023-07-03T14:09:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T14:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2023-07-03T14:47:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T14:47:01","slug":"behind-every-dark-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1018","title":{"rendered":"Behind Every Dark Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Behind-Every-Dark-Cloud-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Behind-Every-Dark-Cloud-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Behind-Every-Dark-Cloud-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Behind-Every-Dark-Cloud-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Sooner or later, each of us will have times in life when it feels like nothing is going our way.&nbsp; Bad things happen to even the best of people.&nbsp; In those moments, it often feels like nothing will ever be the same again.&nbsp; Perhaps that is true\u2026 but perhaps that is not a bad thing.&nbsp; Each moment that occurs in life, we learn and grow and change in unimagined ways. &nbsp;Life is a process of Becoming\u2026 we become the person that we are through the experiences we have, both good and bad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">I found this quote a timely reminder that just as the sun hides behind dark clouds on a rainy day, happiness is at times overshadowed by our troubles.&nbsp; But if we are patient, behind those dark clouds lies a bright ever-shining sun that will emerge in time. Similarly, even in the difficult times, we can be reassured that as time passes, circumstances will change and we will discover happiness once again.  I find this to be true in many ways&#8230; Oftentimes, I try to look at my everyday experiences and changing emotions as weather that changes and passes quickly.  Underneath this weather, is a steady, unchanging &#8220;self&#8221; that remains the same, regardless of the weather.  When I am going through something difficult, I try to do things that help me reconnect with that unchanging &#8220;self&#8221; and look past the weather of my everyday.  For me, this can be simple things like a quiet walk on the beach, a few minutes spent in meditation, or a little time writing in a gratitude journal.  Although it doesn&#8217;t chase all my troubles away, it helps to put things into perspective for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\">\n\n<strong>Behind Every Dark Cloud<\/strong>\n-By Krista Longeway\n\nDarkness has gathered in the distant sky\nA powerful storm is brewing up high\nWhere the thick grey clouds go tumbling by\nAnd the circling gulls no longer fly\n\nThe wind gathers up the dark clouds again\nQuickly bringing with it cold sheets of rain\nFiercely pounding the fields of grass and grain\nWhere muddy pools of water now remain\n\nThe cold wind is blustery, wild and free\nGusting off of the waters on the sea\nFiercely bending branches on every tree\nAnd touching something deep inside of me\n\nI am the raging wind that gusts and roars\nI am the endless rain that pounds and pours\nI am the rolling waves upon the shores\nI am this storm as I fight inner wars \n\nJust as I think this mighty storm has won\nThe wild wind subsides, and the rain is done\nFor behind every storm that has begun\nCan be found a bright ever-shining sun\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sooner or later, each of us will have times in life when it feels like nothing is going our way.&nbsp; Bad things happen to even the best of people.&nbsp; In those moments, it often feels like nothing will ever be the same again.&nbsp; Perhaps that is true\u2026 but perhaps that is not a bad thing.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope","category-uncategorized","category-quiet-reflection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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