The Darkest Nights

They say:  the darkest nights produce the brightest stars.

Isn’t it a beautiful proverb?

They also say the most darkest moment of the night comes just before the first light of dawn.

How many times do you feel lonely, desperate, and unsuccessful? And then, just when you are on the verge of giving up, you see luminous stars light up your dark night, and later on, the light of the dawn breaks through your faraway deep sky.

Definitely, these sayings are meant to give hope and assurance. Everything is possible, but things might take time. However, patience, sometimes, is too hard to be your friend, especially if you are the desperate not the advisor. But, you’ll be blessed if prayers are your shield.

Oh poor you, if you play the advisor giving these nice, hopeful, assuring phrases. The desperate would not listen, might even shoot you because they are trapped in the tightest circle of despair. “The hands in cold water are not like the hands in the fire.” This is what you hear in Arabic when you play the advisor or the wise man.

Then, when the miracle happens, when the solution comes, and when another chance is granted, the desperate will see the lumnious stars and the light of the dawn, and perhaps one day play the advisor to another desperate soul.

In brief, challenges and struggles are what make us understand how the darkest night can produce the brightest stars.

Have you ever seen the lumnious stars in the darkest nights?

I believe we all do.

With all the best wishes,

Nahla