It is that time of the year again when “Darkness Into Light” happens and this year the venue of the local walking route has changed and will now take place in and around Moyvane. I have been on previous walks here in Tarbert and it always attracted a big attendance.
From what I have seen it will attract big numbers again this year to the new route in Moyvane. Of course Pieta does great work in offering support to those who are most in need of it.
Given the current climate throughout the world at this moment, looking at TV, radio and social media wouldn’t fill you with confidence and could make you feel rough on occasion. The one thing the walk will show you is that there is support there for you no matter the situation.
I have been through several rough times over the past 21 years but I am thankfully still here and that is because I opened my mouth and spoke of my own issues and with the right support I have been able to see my way clear.
Until the age of 24, I wouldn’t have burdened anyone with my troubles as I always felt I could solve them on my own but that didn’t work as I look back but I now have ways of dealing with anything that comes my way. I can deal with issues that crop up now in a far healthier way that ever before.
I also know that taking that first step of opening up isn’t easy and you will feel very vulnerable at first but by picking someone you trust to speak with it, It will make that first step much easier.
I had to take that first step myself and chose to write it down and post it on my site before I took the opportunity to speak to family and friends.
Not the most advisable thing to do but do what you feel is the right thing for you. No matter how you do it, trust me when I say taking that first step is the hardest thing to do but so rewarding and will make an immediate impact.
People for the most part will do what they can to assist you and offer support when and where they can. I have been fortunate to find I had support everywhere I turned after posting my open letter in 2014. That network of continued of support has saved me a few times since 2014 in particular.
I have had many counselling sessions over the years and It is one of the many services that Pieta House offers along with a few other options. The walk tomorrow morning is to offer the helping hand to those in most need and show them that even in the darkest of moments there truly is always light….
To all of the participants locally in Moyvane or elsewhere throughout Ireland and the world as this walk is now a global event, all the best and well done for offering that helping hand. To anyone who may be currently suffering in silence, I hope you find the motivation to open up and have that first conversation.
As sure as day follows night, there is always light at the end of a dark tunnel. Mind yourselves….. Enjoy the sunrise tomorrow morning…