Hindsight is always 20/20. But when you’re in the thick of things, when you’re actually living and experiencing whatever “it” may be, more often than not, the why of it and the “what now” of it aren’t as clear.
As was pointed out to me by world-renowned author and self-help mentor Martha Beck, throughout my entire life, madness has either been tracking me or I’ve been tracking it. And I’ve pretty much cursed my fate and damned my family tree all along the way.
What I didn’t realize until recently, however, is that while I may have cussed and fought and rebelled and even run from the imperfect and unpleasant and unhinged in my life, I also found a work around. Or maybe “work around” isn’t wholly accurate. What I found, it turns out, is magic within the madness. I, without necessarily planning it (at least consciously), somewhere deep in my soul, believed enough in me — the POWER in me — and everything greater than me to integrate and work with the “it” of insanity (no matter what that insanity might be).
