September 24, 2025
Most of us grow up fearing the dark. As kids, it’s the space where monsters live, where every creak in the house sounds like a threat. But over time, we start to learn the truth: the dark isn’t where things die. It’s where things begin.
Seeds don’t sprout in sunlight. They push roots deep underground, unseen, in darkness. Babies don’t grow in bright rooms, they’re knit together in the hidden, quiet places. Even bread dough, simple as it seems, needs to rest under a covering before it rises into something better.
The dark isn’t absence. It’s preparation.
That’s easy to forget when life feels heavy, though. When the job falls through, or the relationship ends, or you’re just in a season of waiting that feels endless. Darkness in those moments feels permanent, like someone flipped the switch off and walked away. But transformation rarely happens under the spotlight. It happens behind the curtain, where nobody’s watching.
I’ve had plenty of “dark” seasons where I thought everything was falling apart, only to look back later and realize those were the times something deep inside me was shifting, preparing, and growing in ways I couldn’t see yet. Winter feels dead, but it’s just making way for Spring. A setback feels final, but it’s often just the quiet prelude to what’s next.
The question is: do we trust the dark enough to stay in it long enough for transformation to happen? Or do we keep scrambling for light, missing the quiet work being done when no one’s watching?
When I think about it this way, darkness isn’t scary at all. It’s where the best parts of life begin.
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