Shadow and Light (and shades of orange)

I need to quickly share that amidst the pain and negativity in all of this so far, the amount of love, support and kindness that has come my way has been unreal. I have had people help me on so many levels. So often when life feels unbearable and looks so ugly, the universe will counter with immense beauty. That has already been the case for me. I am scared. I have an illness that is chronic, my life has been altered because of it, and aspects of the future are uncertain. And yet, I have never been so certain of love and it's amazing capacity. So often the shadow teachers are the ones that reveal the most light. I am so blessed to be loved by the people and animals that love me. With that and a little humor, this is easy! I know there are others out there with far worse mountains to climb than mine. Speaking of humor, one of the medications I'm on has the strange side effect of turning my tears bright orange, brighter than Gatorade-orange! I was having a bit of a self pity moment the other morning and realized in the middle of my little episode that my pillow was turning orange from my tears. I got the giggles from how absolutely absurd it was. Just now, as I teared up thinking about all the kindness I've been shown, a little orange tear fell. Heehee. You know, that's kind of punk rock, don't you think?