We
are not saints, we are not heroes. Our
lives are lived in the quiet corners of the ordinary. We build tiny hearth fires, sometimes barely
strong enough to give off warmth. But to
the person lost in the darkness, our tiny flame may be the road to safety, the
path to salvation.
It
is not given us to know who is lost in the darkness that surrounds us or even
if our light is seen. We can only know
that against even the smallest of lights, darkness cannot stand. A sailor lost at sea can be guided home by a
single candle. A person lost in a wood
can be led to safety by a flickering flame.
It is not an issue of quality or intensity or purity. It is simply an issue of the presence of
light.
--
Kent Nerburn in Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
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