We all have our own darkness. Something we are fighting with and something that often makes us feel defeated. Something that is ugly and cruel and tries to make us feel worthless. Miley just happened to be on a stage parading her darkness in front of millions of people. People grabbing at a chance to make fun of her or whisper how crazy she must be. But the truth is, there are so many others just like her. And those people that are laughing and pointing have their own struggles and their own battles. So, I am sad for those people too. Sure, they arent the ones that dance around with foam fingers and bust out of teddy bears. But, they are the ones next to us in the grocery line, the ones sitting next to us at a traffic light, or the ones laughing next to us in a movie theatre. They are also the ones I see in my office. They also might be the ones crying in the bathroom at school, the ones hiding in their bedrooms while they cut themselves, the ones starving themselves to "perfection." Those people don't have a stage to parade their darkness on. But they have their darkness. Cause darkness is all the same when there is no light.
I am interested in seeing the outcome of this recent performance. This is clearly a cry out for help from her. She has some issues. As most of us do. Hopefully she will have more people reaching their hands out to help her as oppose to pointing their fingers and laughing. She needs a little Light in her life. And the Healer. A little Grace. The one who takes our darkness and turns it to something amazing. We all need a little help every now and again. I hope to reach out to the next Miley I might meet. And I hope that when I struggle someone would reach out to me.
