Where is your darkness?

Maybe your darkness is ever present, extremely near.

Maybe your darkness isn't something you encounter often.

Maybe your darkness is full and stuffy and crowded,

Or maybe it's lonely.

Darkness is scary.

Darkness feels hopeless.

We can become acquaintances with darkness,

But it is never our friend,

No matter how hard it tries to convince us otherwise.

The darkness is always out to squash our joy, to relinquish all hope.

But there is love.

The door to darkness cracks open,

You see your real insides?

Diamonds.

"Yellow diamonds in the light

What it takes to come alive"

The light bounces off of your diamonds. Your interior. Your true self.

And you are not alone.

You are with Love.

"We found love in a hopeless place"

Love. You are alive. You have a role to play.

"We found love in a hopeless place"

Love. You are bright. You have a purpose.

"We found love in a hopeless place"

Love. You are never alone. You are glowing.

"We found love in a hopeless place"

Love. Your light is illuminated by love. You will light the paths of others behind you.

You will open doors,

You will hunt for diamonds.

Love never gives up. Love is always pursuing you, always searching and breaking down doors, even the most rotten and rusted.

Love can be found in a hopeless place, Rihanna was right.

Love is in the hopeless places,

But open the door.

Light comes in,

You are a diamond.

(Lyrics in italics from "We Found Love" by Rihanna.)