Friday, July 1, 2011

Seek the Light, Be the Light

Today, in another perfect summer day, I am thinking of light. Sunlight, moonlight, starlight, firelight, candle light. Spotlight, harbor light, kitchen light, flood light, porch light. The reality of light and the metaphor of it. How sunlight covers all equally, blesses impartially. How we see (or not) in the available light. How we use light to find our way.

I share here an untitled, unpublished piece by my friend Dana Knighten:

"What is it about the glimmer of a single distant light across water that calls to all that is unanswered? It stirs such wordless yearning. Its beckoning call, the sense of hope, the promise of fixity in the flow of uncertainty, a still point in the midst of troubled waters.

"Just a single light evoking home. The warmth of a light left on to guide the way, a light that says someone's home, someone's expecting you, here's some help to guide you in to safe harbor.

"A light left on in the darkness conveys so much."

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