Lighting a Candle or
Cursing The Dark
Yesterday,
while reading book two of Robert McCammon’s series in historical fiction that
reads like real and now, I came upon this parable; “Better to light a candle than to curse the dark.”
I stopped
reading wrote down the phrase and began to ponder the meaning of this wonderful
phrase.
Of course, I pondered so long that I fell asleep and in that blissful
state of REM, I saw myself walking through a dark tunnel. As I did, I bumped
into walls and stepped on things that wriggled and squirmed under my feet. I
went on like this for some time until I realized that I had something in my
hand. Using my other hand to feel what it might be, I discovered that I was
holding a flashlight. It had been there the entire time. I turned in on and saw
that with one more step, I would have fallen into a pit that appeared to have
no end.
When I awoke
from this rather wonderful dream I knew that I had done what Carl Jung had
supposed when he pointed out that dreams are a completion of the day’s
activities.
How many
times have you held the light of intuition but did not allow it to illuminate
your decisions?
We cannot control the darkness, but
we can light our candle of intuition, of love, of knowledge, of education and
wisdom.
When we
improve our own attitude we can illuminate our own path.
There are plenty of situations that
seem hopeless and frustrating; light a candle, change your mood, illuminate
your spirit.
That’s it.
Be you, be well, be the
candle.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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