In the Little House on the Prairie books the story is told of winter storms so fierce, with snow so blinding, that many a person was found frozen in the snow just steps from their door – lost in the whiteout, disoriented, and unable to find their way home even though they were mere steps from safety.
That is why, mindful of the danger of getting lost in the early morning darkness with snow swirling, farmers who were headed to the barn to milk cows and feed chickens, would follow a rope strung between the house and barn, giving them a path to follow through the blinding snow and pitch black darkness.
I thought of that as I heard today’s news and thought back through all the times in human history when darkness seemed to blanket our psyche and change came at a pace like blinding snow. And yet, as Byron Katie would say, the world is just “doing its job.” Born of an idea of separation, its job is to reflect separation.
And our job is to find our way out of the darkness and blinding snow. Fortunately, a rope between the barn and home has been given us. We just have to follow it.
Yet, how many of us do? The Course asks, “Why does an easy path, so clearly marked it is impossible to lose the way, seem thorny, rough and far too difficult for you to follow?” T-29.II,1:3
All we need say – and mean – is this: “I am willing to follow the Guide God has given me to find out what my own best interests are, recognizing that I cannot perceive them by myself.” Lesson 55
By listening to and following the Guide within, the Spirit connected to Truth, we can find our way to safety and peace.