This is a beautiful passage from Rumi:
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
In Ancient Indian traditions, there is a belief in a concept called the Wheel of Time (or "kalachakra").
The idea is that time goes through a natural three-part cycle:
• Creation
• Destruction
• Rebirth
Every period of creation is followed by a period of destruction. Every period of destruction is followed by a rebirth and period of creation.
This has always resonated with me.
I believe our lives follow a similar natural cycle from creation (growth) to destruction (struggle) to rebirth (new beginnings).
The true wisdom is found in outlasting the darkness of the periods of destruction—knowing that the darkness is a necessary precursor to your rebirth.
As Rumi wrote, the wound (darkness) is the place where the Light (rebirth) enters you.
Lesson: View each period of pain, sorrow, and struggle as a natural precursor to your inevitable growth. Have faith. Sit with it. Allow that light to enter and grow within you before it shines for everyone to see.

I recently shared this with a friend who was going through a period of darkness.
There's always comfort to be found in believing that those periods are when the seeds of newness are planted.
Not buried, just planted.

Share this with a friend who is in the darkness.
Remind them:
"The wound is the place where the Light enters you." x.com