Healing Arts

When Fear knocks on your door, allow him to enter and offer him a seat, some rest and respite.

He is a visitor, sent from the Skies, to tell you about the darker places that he has been, the disasters he has seen.

Just because you do not want to visit them does not mean that they do not exist.

Welcome him as you would a traveling friend who comes with greetings and good graces

Know that that he comes bearing a special kind of offering

If you ignore him and try to bolt your doors, he will invade, pervade and occupy

Beware as he can come to occupy your home, spreading himself from room to room, even adding his flavors to the food and his fragrance in the air.

You’ll be fighting for what’s pure, trying to keep him at bay.

Will you make him your lover?  Your roommate?  Your companion?

Or will you accept his gift with a measure of acceptance, patience and forbearance?

Honor this visitor for a moment, taking his hand in yours,

Though it may be cold and rough to touch.

He seeks a moment of your attention and he will surely be on his way.

Though his gift may bear witness to warped memories and images that make you weary with doubt,

His departure signals to Grace that it is safe to enter here.

The unexpected visitor - photo by Haider Mirza