Our Own Shadows.....

 

NO exception, everyone of us does carry a shadow, sometimes lurking right behind you, sometimes right next to your elbows, haunting and causing NOT just a stir BUT a scare on you, on us.  And Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung has been well quoted WHEN he said:  "KNOWING YOUR DARKNESS IS THE BEST METHOD FOR DEALING WITH THE DARKNESSES OF OTHER PEOPLE".  Ouch, this one-liner speaks volumes.  Because, it is NO myth that each of us has his/her own set OR subset of SHADOWS.  Bluntly, there are NO immaculate and legitimate 'angels' on this planet.  WHOEVER says he's so immaculately clean, I CAN'T wait to have a face-off with him, confront him and see HOW far can he get himself cloaked with deception, with deceit because that's baloney no less.  We all have our own respective DARKNESSES in fact📗📙📘

WHO we truly are CAN never be denied and closeted forever beyond oblivion.  WHATEVER emotional state you will get drawn to, your SHADOWS will remain right and WHAT  can be distressful and worst stressful is IF ever we will start to push back our real SHADOWS in a web of deception [OR deceit].  By refusing to accept our legitimate SHADOWS, we become no less farcical, a charade, a facade that can easily crumble down similar to the domino chips falling one after the other.  Worst of all things is, IF we refuse to 'face the music' and continue to maintain a farcical facade, HOW will that help us understand the SHADOWS of other people as well?  And if we CAN'T understand [and appreciate] the SHADOWS of other people, HOW can we handle relationships fairly enough💚💛💜

I CAN remember one write up that left a deep imprint on me where the messaging goes this way:  OUR MISTAKES IN LIFE DON'T DEFINE WHO WE ARE.  Speaks volumes!  HOW many times I came across of breaking news like someone who gets criminally sentenced by a judicial court and many ytears and decades after, the judicial courts would reverse such previous judicial sentencing❎❎❎

That's no less than to RIGHT A WRONG.  On the other hand, there are legitimate SHADOWS a.k.a. skeletons in the closet.  BUT SO WHAT?  Everyone has it.  NOT even the Catholic Cardinals and NOT even the Pope is shielded from his own SHADOWs.  When the late Pope Francis died, even before he got buried, untold stories that seem troubling enough surfaced, LIKE a sealed envelope with a written note.  LIKE age-old controversies within the Catholic Church which, till to date, remains lurking in their very shadows💥💥💥

So WHAT's the fuss after all?  YES, this is often overlooked.  Some of us fail to appreciate that by accepting one's SHADOWs would keep him in good stead, in a much better position to understand the SHADOWs of others.  KNOW THYSELF TO KNOW OTHERS.   Admittedly, for a period in my past, I refused to recognize my own SHADOWs, only to realize my faux pas WHEN I got into situations I CAN'T wiggle out.  YES dude, we got to know and embrace our SHADOWs, to enable us to have a fair understanding of others' SHADOWs😔😔😔