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| Courtesy: BFLN 2018 Retreat |
(The only other
environment which boasts of wielding such power over me is its older brother:
the loo)
So I found myself flying
in the not too distant past. Our plane was well above the clouds, which looked
beautiful but thick beneath us.
As the pilot prepared for
landing, and we began slowly descending, I wondered how we were going to pierce
through those thick crowds and descend safely.
For some reason, in all
my years of air travel, I had never actual exact thought to how the plane
weaves in or out of clouds.
I was curious this time,
and watched very intently.
As we approached the
clouds, they suddenly seemed to loom thicker. Was there going to be turbulence?
Would it be a tiny bump, or that type of rigorous shake that makes Ifa worshipers shriek "the blood of Zechariah!!!"?
What if another plane was
waiting underway to ram into ours?
I had almost succeeded
into working myself into a curious, fearful fit. All by myself.
But something very
interesting happened, right before my eyes.
As the nose and wings of
the plane dived into the clouds, the clouds very, very easily melted and
parted. Like wisps of baby spider webs, dissolving into nothingness.
Suddenly, there were no
clouds, and the splendour of the city sprawled out below.
Nothing scary lay in wait.
Nothing unhappy.
Just beauty and the
wonderment of the combination of God's creation and man's intelligence sprawled
in unhindered sight.
And in that moment, it
hit me - oh, it hit me hard! - that this is very similar to what happens to us
all in life.
Often, we are beguiled
and overwhelmed with the hurdles, difficulties, and vicissitudes of life, that
we forget what we have within us.
These looming difficulties
- just like those clouds - threaten to throw us off balance, if we dare to challenge
them in the face.
But the truth is if we just
set our eyes on our intended destination, with faith in ourselves, we will see
that those obstacles are nothing but clouds: a smokescreen, very similar to the
wisps of a baby spider's web.
I was reminded of this
yesterday, as I sat at the Black Female Lawyers Network (BFLN) of Toronto’s annual
"Sistahs-In-Law" retreat. I
listened to various stories of powerful women of colour; as they persevered
through prejudices and stereotypes to actualising their dreams, and becoming
beacons of light to others around them.
I was reminded that
challenges are only temporary, and that if we stayed true to our resolve, we will
break through the mirage of clouds.
It is important that we
trust the process and always bear in mind that there is greatness in each of
us, which can never be extinguished and endless possibilities to becoming the
conquerors we were created to be.
If we will, nothing could
ever stop us. Especially not the clouds.
Paz,
Meg.
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