Walking into the unknown

It is when you learn to walk in darkness that you learn to face the unknown. I mean it quite literally.

Last night after I got down from a bus near my hometown I walked to my sister's house. It was past 8.30 PM. With tall rubber trees on either side, and no moon or stars in the sky, it was totally dark. I could hardly see two feet ahead. But I had a sense of the road, and just walked. I recalled how many times I had walked in darkness, with not the eyes but the feet giving me the sense of direction. I would be afraid of stepping over a snake or falling into a ditch. I would stamp my feet heavily on the ground as I walked, signaling snakes to get out of the way. Through all these journeys in darkness, my Guardian Angel protected me.

These experiences taught me to walk into the unknown, the unexplored, with only intuition and hope; and sometimes, the faint glimmer of a distant light showing me the direction.

Happiness is being able to notice the sunshine on a rainy day. It is standing overawed by the beauty of a ray of light that streaks down to earth between dark clouds.