We are told as children to “let our light shine.” But the problem has been that over time our light dims with the slog and schmutz of life. And it seems to be more difficult to figure out where and when it’s OK to be ourselves.
How do we practice letting our lights shine?
a couple of tips to practice – literally light a candle.
if you order something, and it’s not what you wanted, practice saying something. if you disagree with a friend, child or spouse, practice sharing your thoughts. the last one isn’t easy but if you can practice sharing and shining it doesn’t seem so daunting.
the gospel song this little light of mine from the 1920’s later became song for the civil rights movement in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
This little light of mine
I’m going to let it shine
This little light of mine
I’m going to let it shine
This little light of mine
I’m going to let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine
the simple answer is, yes. it’s both; beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.
many times I look at something and it looks beautiful only because the light is shining on the object at just the right angle. I look a little closer and then it’s not what I thought. the images below holds beauty and at the same time it’s clearly wilting, browning, losing petals and decomposing.
learn to hold the beauty and the heartbreak at the same time – to hold life in balance and viewing it as it is.
Being still, listening, and still listening. Staying with the pain that has been passed down and learning how to hold the space. Finding the precise balance between life’s daily heartbreaks and happinesses. The surest way to these things is to practice coming back to stillness daily.
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