No light is too small that it cannot pierce darkness.

Katherine Mays biographical book 'Wintering' writes "Our work is not to defeat the natural forces of sadness, death, the dark. Our journey is to learn to live with them."

Being in the shadow may not always restful but most of the time we also know that we are never far from the dawn.

Sometimes however being in the shadow means we go deep. To the kind of place where we lose our words and our hope. Our sensitive nervous system tries to protect us literally shutting down the connection between our heart and voice box, we struggle in silence.

This type of darkness feels like it's beyond our control. Perhaps we sense a malignancy about the state of the world, or we are overwhelmed by the demands of a system we don't fit into. There are also times of great loss.

When we reach these dark times we despair, become disillusioned with the world and disenchanted with our existence. We have to find other ways to return to the light.

We must remember that light is borne out of darkness.

No light is too small that it cannot pierce it.

This is where we must put our energy using it to empower our own light. Kindling the spark within no matter how dormant.

Stoke it, cradle it, nurture it like you did your child or pet.

Let this spark be what is growing within your darkness.

These dark nights of the soul are also when we finally learn to step outside of our head. In these moments we can discover magic. Magic is how we make our own sunshine. It's to surrender to a higher power, the devine, our higher self or mother nature. It's how we discover re-enchantment.