Be richly seasoned from the dark times

Each day, each dawn, we have the opportunity to perform our own alchemy. To take the dark times and turn them into light.

Wisdom comes from allowing ourselves to be richly seasoned from the dark times.

To speak to anyone wise, to any truly great leader, is to speak with one who has walked through the shadows of the dark times and come to the light better for the dark.

Resentment, blame and victimisation take the dark and allow it to reduce us to something smaller than we were. This is not the place of alchemy, but of debasement.

We get to choose… Shall we move from darkness to light through alchemy, or shall we carry the darkness into the world of light, forever spoiling the light for ourselves and others?

Allow the dark times to season you. This then becomes a gift to the world.

Written January 1st 2015

Photo Taken September 5th 2025, Article published September 6th, 2025