There are periods in a man's life when everything seems to be breaking down at once. The career that defined him collapses. The relationship he built his identity around ends. The direction he was walking toward suddenly reveals itself as wrong.
What It Is
The dark night is what happens when the structures that provided meaning, identity, and direction collapse faster than new ones can form. The breakdown of the old structure is the precondition for the emergence of something more authentic and more durable.
How to Navigate It
Resist the urge to escape. The only way out is through.
Find one trustworthy witness. Find one person who can hear what you're experiencing without trying to fix it.
Let it teach you. The dark night arrives with a message about the distance between the life you've been living and the life that's actually aligned with who you are.
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