Light in the darkness

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The Candle

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From my private journal.

I sit here in my living room next to the only lamp that's lit in the entire house.  For the half hour prior to me picking up my pen, the only light in the house was made by three tea lights and a votive candle.  I spent that time laying on the couch enjoying the dimness, letting the shifting glimmers of light cast by those small flames dance around me.

There's something magical about such a scene.  Whenever I sit in such lighting, I get a sense of peace and comfort.  It's as if the near-darkness stills the world around me itself, swallowing up ll the cares and worries of my life.  In such a setting, there is no place for the myriad distractions I normally face.

And then there's the light.  Tiny and almost fragile, it flickers and dances.  And yet, it's intensely bright in comparison to the darkness around it.  It becomes all the more beautiful and powerful for that contrast.

And that play of darkness and light allows me to turn inward.  the still silence allows me to see that same interplay within myself.  For I can see the small sparks of passion, love, courage, and compassion twinkling in my very soul.  They wait for those perfect opportunities to shine brightly into the rest of my life and the world around me.  They are ready to shine even in the darkest and most empty of times.

After all, that's when they're the easiest to see.

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this is a beautiful reflection

Thanks, Liz. I'm glad you liked it.

You're such a romantic. :) Beautiful.

there are times (rarely now) when we loose electrical power for one reason or another (usually problems with cables) and then when all we have is candlelight and no distractions of the internet or television, we begin to appreciate things we never take notice of. and sometime we even go out and actually talk to people face to face

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