In any circumstance you can be the one to spread light. It comes from your decision within. You choose what you show to the world, don’t you? You also choose what you reflect. You are powerful.
A while ago, I spent a wonderful afternoon with a new friend who lives part of each year in India. As I showed him my photos of India, I remembered the wonder I felt when I was in the large fort outside Jaipur. This palace has a bed chamber which was decorated for the master of the house. The tour guide had us come into that room and close the doors. He lighted a candle, just one candle, and the room was filled with light. How? The room had thousands of tiny mirrors embedded in the plaster. What a demonstration of reflected light!
The well-known author, Edith Wharton, who seemingly knew all about this wrote, “There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Both are valuable and needed. In many cases you must make a choice between two attractive alternatives. Today you need not choose between them. You can do both. You can be a light, AND, you can reflect the light you see in others–the goodness, the beauty, the growth, the love–all that is positive! Celebrate it!
Keep beautiful candles around you. Have a special one where you sit to think, meditate or pray. Each time you light it let it be a reminder of your desire to keep your own light shining and your mirror reflecting all that is beautiful to you every day. Choose that candle now!
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