Prince is quoted as saying “There’s a dark side to everything.”
And aren’t we all good at highlighting it, and often wallowing in what has gone wrong within ourselves and with others?
Many stories we hear, experience and/or tell, reflect a spectrum of darkness. Have you ever attempted to ignore the dark side by brushing it under the carpet? Doing nothing about it has a tendency to backfire, eventually. Or have you tackled it head on by getting it out into the open? This is a courageous and effective approach to face a challenge that may not otherwise go away.
The words, assess, attitude, and choice, come to my mind as well. Assess where you are (or get help doing so), put on the armor of an empowered attitude (sure, this may take more time than you bargained for) and make the choices that help you step back out into your world, empowered, recharged and ready to go!
Dark side to a story? Turn whatever pages you need to find the light again.